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Bennett, Active Society and
Auxiliary Member, Dies (4/16/08)
Robert A. Bennett, an ASME Fellow
and longtime member of the Society, died March 28 at the age of
83. Bennett, who lived in Wantagh, N.Y., had been an active member
of ASME's Long Island Section, Committee on Finance and Investment,
and Hudson Region. He had also been active in the ASME Auxiliary
for more than a decade.
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Bob Bennett
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Bennett served as chair of the ASME Auxiliary's Rice-Cullimore
Scholarship Committee after his wife Irma, the group's former chair,
died in 1998. Irma, who had served as president and chair of the
committee, had also been an active member of the ASME Auxiliary.
Bob Bennett was also a founding member of the ASME Foundation's
Archimedes Club, a group that recognizes Society members who have
made legacy gifts to the ASME Foundation. "The bequest is my
way of thanking ASME for all the pleasures that I have had while
being a member for over 55 years," Bennett said at the time
of his gift in 2004.
In addition, Bennett was a trustee for the Staff Pension Plan Committee.
He also served as ASME secretary and treasurer for 17 years, as
well as vice president of ASME's Hudson Region. Bennett was an ASME
representative to the Hoover Medal Board of Award and a recipient
of the ASME Dedicated Service Award.
Bennett, who grew up in Forest Hills, N.Y., joined ASME in 1947,
after graduating from Cornell University. He went to work for the
Long Island Lighting Co. in 1948.
Turbo Expo 2008 Features More than 100 Exhibitors
The exhibition at ASME Turbo Expo
2008 in Berlin will include more than 100 manufacturers, service
suppliers, and research organizations from around the world. The
conference is intended to bring together the global technology community
for five days of information exchange on gas turbines.
To date, 114 organizations have reserved space in the exposition,
which will be held in conjunction with a technical program and other
activities comprising the Turbo Expo 2008 — Gas Turbine Technical
Congress and Exposition set for June 9–13, at the Estrel Berlin
Hotel and Convention Center.
ASME's International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) sponsors the annual
Turbo Expo as a discussion forum for engineers, research scientists,
academics, regulatory officials, and business executives. IGTI is
dedicated to supporting the international exchange and development
of information to improve the design, application, manufacture,
operation and maintenance, and environmental impact of all types
of gas turbines, turbomachinery, and related equipment.
More than half of the exhibitors at Turbo Expo 2008 will represent
firms in the Canadian and European markets, including 15 companies
based in Germany. Currently, 44 organizations from the U.S. market
will participate in the exposition, which showcases the products
and services of engine manufacturers, software developers, and other
organizations involved in research and experimentation for gas turbines.
Exhibitors at ASME Turbo Expo 2008 will include the engine manufacturers
Pratt & Whitney, GE, and Rolls-Royce. Other exhibitors will
include the software developers CD-adapco and Ansys, along with
publishers, research organizations, and makers of diagnostics and
control equipment.
To find out more about Turbo Expo 2008, visit www.asmeconferences.org/te08.
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