Former ASME President Jack Fernandes Dies

Former ASME President Jack Fernandes Dies Former ASME President Jack Fernandes Dies Former ASME President Jack Fernandes DiesJohn H. (Jack) Fernandes, Sc.D., P.E. John H. (Jack) Fernandes, Sc.D., P.E., a longtime member of ASME who served as the Societys 112th president, passed away March 9 at the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol, R.I. He welches 91 years old.Dr. Fernandes, a resident of Tiverton, R.I., was employed as a mechanical engineer for 55 years until his retirement in 1999. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946, he served as an associate prof of mechanical engineering at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., from 1950 to 1960. He then joined the faculty at Manhattan College in New York as professor and head of the schools mechanical engineering department in 1960. He left teaching three years later to work for Combustion Engineering in Windsor, Conn. During his 21 years at the company, he served in a number of capacities, ultimately holding the position of senior technology consultant and director of technology transfer. He then worked for the Maguire Group in Providence, R.I., as vice president of the energy division until 1990, when he started his own consulting business.During his more than 65 years as an ASME member, Fernandes was an active and committed Society volunteer, particularly in the area of codes and standards. Fernandes, who was an ASME Fellow, served as senior vice president for the Council on Codes and Standards, vice president for the Board on Performance Test Codes, chair of the Performance Test Code Committee on Incinerators, chair of the Board on Hearings and Appeals, and a member of the Performance Test Code Committees on General Instructions and on Definitions and Values, among other codes-related positions.The president of ASME from 1993 to 1994, Fernandes served as a leader in areas outside of codes and standards as well. He was member of the Board of Governors from 1988 to 1992 and chair of the Committee on Staff from 1998 to 2003. He also served as a member of the Council on Engineering Committee on Technical Planning and the Board on Public Information, and was active in ASMEs Providence Section. He was honored by ASME for his decades of service with two prestigious Society Awards the Codes and Standards Medal (later renamed the Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Award) in 1988 and the Dedicated Service Award in 1995. Fernandes received a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rhode Island in 1949, a masters degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University in 1953, and a Doctor of Science degree from Calvin Coolidge College in 1960.