Ray Szara, CSA board member, died Tuesday, November 11, 2008.
Szara was a board member of the first incarnation of the Society; later he was at the heart of the re-creation of CSA in
Illinois. He served as Midwest Chapter Chair, National President, Chairman and Treasurer. He supported the Society and took part in all its endeavors enthusiastically. Szara was awarded the Robert Vance award for support of the Society. He also wrote a series for Cold Facts called Cryomusings, reporting on the work he did at the James Franck Institute at University of Chicago
Some of Szara’s accomplishments are as follows:
Military Service: U.S. Army, July 1943 to April 1946
Education: Louisiana State University, 1943-1944
De Paul University, 1946-1949
BS Physics – 1949
Career Summary: Cryogenic Engineer
The University of Chicago
1949-1990
Assistant to the Director,
The James Franck Institute,
The University of Chicago
1976-1990
Career Related Activities:
Consultant to:
Argonne National Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory:
University of Mississippi
Coleman Instruments
MTM Cryo-Tech-Lab
Teltech Resource Network
Northrup Corporation
Teratech, Inc.
Professional
Memberships: Cryogenic Society of America
President 1973 and 1984-1985
Chairman, Board of Directors 1977 and 1986
Treasurer 1989 to 2000
Cryogenic Society of America–Midwest Chapter,
Chairman 1970-1971
Condolence cards can be sent to Mrs. Lorraine Szara, 7223 W. 153rd St., Orland Park IL 60462.
A tribute to Ray will be printed in a future issue of Cold Facts. We invite you to send your memories and anecdotes to Laurie Huget at laurie@cryogenicsociety.org
