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Eric Thor Andresen Memorial Scholarship Fund

Eric Thor Andresen was a young engineer and ASHRAE member both in Society and the local Golden Gate Chapter. He was living in San Francisco and working for Glumac & Associates, at the time of his death on Easter Sunday April 15, 1990. Eric was born on January 29, 1961 and was the only son of Flemming and Svava Andresen and brother of Denise.

Eric was a graduate of Penn State where he studied Architecture and also played on the Tennis Team. Eric was a strong believer in the protection of the environment and wished to work towards this goal to help clean it up by efforts in his chosen profession. The Andresen Family and the Golden Gate Chapter of ASHRAE established a memorial Scholarship Fund in his name on April 30, 1991 with a Memorandum of Understanding (~650kb PDF).

The purpose of the Eric Thor Andresen Memorial Scholarship Fund (ETAMSF) is to provide some financial assistance and encouragement to a qualifying student with the intent to help them further their education and pursuit of academic excellence in the area of energy conservation, control of the indoor environment or related areas of interest in the HVAC field.

There are some specific eligibility criteria for this scholarship, regarding college location, choice of Engineering or Architectural study major and ASHRAE student chapter affiliation with the Golden Gate Chapter. Any student selected cannot have received the scholarship before and must be attending classes’ full time, or be enrolled in an authorized work/study program. The final selection of a student to receive the ETAMSF Award is made by the Student Activities Committee and approved by the Chapter Board.

The monies for this Scholarship are from the interest earned on the principal of the Fund. The Golden Gate Chapter of ASHRAE is the administrator of this account and it’s investment portfolio. There have been annual Tennis Tournaments sponsored by the Chapter for the purpose of raising money to increase the principal of the ETAMSF. The Andresen Family has been generously matching those amounts and other family and friends of Eric have continued to send memorial checks to build the principal and allow for a larger scholarship amount.

The Golden Gate Chapter is proud to annually award the ETAMSF check in Eric’s memory, to help continue his legacy to the environment through better HVAC, keep his youthful spirit alive in the Chapter Tennis Tournaments and to aid and support the Student members of ASHRAE achieving their educational goals.