Former ASME President Kotnick dies

George Kotnick, P.E., who served as ASME president during 1984-85, died last month in Media, Pa., where he lived. He was 83.

His career spanned more than 30 years in the power industry and 14 years in the Navy and Merchant Marine. He was in the U.S. Navy during World War II, where he served as lieutenant commander of the U.S.S. Lehigh.

Kotnick's involvement in the power industry began in 1952 with various assignments related to plant design and operation at the Philadelphia Electric Co.

In 1979, he joined United Engineers and Constructors in Philadelphia as project engineering manager. There he was responsible for the engineering of a sulfur dioxide removal system for two 800-megawatt coal-fired generating units, at that time the largest of their kind.

A Fellow of ASME, Kotnick contributed his time and knowledge not only to ASME but to a number of other technical organizations as well. He was chair of the American Association of Engineering Societies in 1989.

Contributions in his memory can be sent to Chambers Memorial Presbyterian Church, 2 East Sylvan Ave., Rutledge, PA 19070.

 

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