AMEN Duane! Whether you knew him for a minute or a lifetime, if you knew George L. Church, Jr. you'd know, he is right now... standing at the Pearly Gates arguing with St. Peter about why they are not self-closing! Mark at Aero
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Johnson, Duane (NIH/OD/ORS) [C] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 8:30 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: George L. Church, Jr. Like many, I only met him once, but will never forget him. In memory of glc (from a few archives): " I'm not a FPE but I can see water spray in front of my nose" " As I'm reminded often, its not what you know... it's what you can prove, which may be a lot more difficult." " That and about $75,0000 would be the difference" " Now we'll limit that to lazy." " I may have learned something!" " If it is in YOUR best interests to have em trained, and they aren't being trained, then its YOUR job to train them. Now, if you're butting heads with a badge-heavy moron, I'd suggest forget the training and go over his head." " If he doesn't get it, send him a link to water supply school at the Academy or one of the Associations." " tell them they need to keep walls a minimum of 6" off the heads" " Another benefit is knowing how to gently stop folks from doing something stupid." "That's a lotta truckloads of fertilizer" " If I'd known how much time it was going to take, I may have declined, but now I wouldn't have missed it- great group of people" " A FIRE-SAFE Christmas to all, and if you don't have sprinklers, don't have candles." "That, my friend, is the type of negligence that pierces the corporate veil and puts you where you belong." "Believe me, if I had a reason to bitch, I would. I don't." " Hopefully I positively influenced some change here or there. Improved at least the way some people do things, or at least got them thinking." " There are instances on this Forum where advice is given to run in opposite directions. In either direction you run, follow Roland's advice" " I'd like to thank Steve and the gang for again presenting us with a memorable experience that combined fun with a ton of educational offerings." Duane Johnson, PE Program Manager Division of the Fire Marshal (Contractor) Office of Research Services National Institutes of Health 301-496-0487 "Protecting Science - One Sprinkler at a Time" -----Original Message----- From: Ken Holsopple [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: George L. Church, Jr. Dear Forumites, It is with great sorrow that I bear the news that George L. Church, Jr. past away last evening after a 16 month battle with lung cancer. George was 58 years old. George leaves behind a wife Cathy, daughter Margaret (Meg) Ames, son-in law Dave Ames, his mother and four sisters. George's sprinkler career started in 1974 with Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America (Philly) and in 1998 started Rowe Sprinkler with his wife Cathy. As many of you know, he was a fan of this forum and an huge advocate for the fire sprinkler industry. He served on several NFPA committees and valued the many friends he made along his journey. His humor, enthusiasm, and passion for the sprinkler business will be a great loss for all of us. I will post funeral arrangements here on the forum when they become available. But in true George Church fashion and as a tribute and continuation of his last forum post....I know he is licking (kicking) himself in a better place. (Sorry Mr. Muncy, but I know he wouldn't have passed this one up.) Wiping away tears as I hit the send button. Ken Holsopple Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
