Electric Energy T&D - Index

Electric Energy T&D - EEMag May June 2008 - Index

Douglas M. Staszesky
3 November 1958 - February 008
IN MEMORIAM
A TRIBUTE TO TWO OF OUR FINEST
douglas Staszesky (49) died on
Tuesday, February , 008 at
his Glenview, Illinois residence
after a long battle with brain
cancer. At the time of his
passing, Doug was the Director
of Product Management for all
Automation Systems products
and was responsible for
customer service, application
support and marketing at S&C
Electric (Chicago, Illinois).
Doug was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1958 and graduated
from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1981, with a degree
in Mechanical Engineering. He joined S&C Electric Company in
1989 and held positions in Sales, Product Management, R&D,
and Power Systems Services.
Prior to joining S&C, Doug worked at Public Service Electric
and Gas Co. of New Jersey where he gained experience in line
construction, distribution engineering, operations, planning,
and the operation and maintenance of SCADA (supervisory
control and data acquisition) systems.
Doug is survived by his wife, Jodi; a brother, a nephew and a large
extended family across Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania.
Robert Gauthier
4 June 1958 - 7 March 008
In the first few months of 008 the electric power industry lost two of its finest; both to brain cancer at the age of 49. Certainly these
were not the first – nor, unfortunately, will they be the last – colleagues we’ll likely bid farewell in this still young year. But these men
were special in that both were widely known and universally admired engineers that left a legacy of good work and good will to those of
us who had the good fortune to know them in this life. They also served as excellent role models for those who follow. But beyond their
professional careers and accomplishments, Doug and Robert were also personal friends that will be deeply and sadly missed by us all.
– Mike Marullo, automation/IT Editor
robert gauthier (49)
died on Thursday, March
7, 008 at the West
Island Palliative Center,
Pointe-Claire, Quebec,
following a long battle
with brain cancer. At
the time of his passing,
Robert was in the
marketing department
of TransÉnergie (Montreal, Québec), the Hydro-Québec
transmission division, following a long career with the utility.
Robert was born in 1958 in Montreal and graduated from
École Polytechnique (Montreal) in 1980, with an electrical
engineering degree. After graduation, Robert began his career
at Hydro-Québec in 1981 and led several automation projects
and development initiatives at the utility prior to transferring to
TransÉnergie.
He last served as the primary contact for the Langlois Variable
Frequency Transformer project, a back-to-back HVDC converter
station, and was also responsible for the commercial aspect of
technology innovation for the TransÉnergie Division of Hydro-
Québec.
Robert is survived by his wife, Francine; a son, Vincent; two
stepsons; his parents, Louis A. Gauthier and Janine Ranger; a
brother, two sisters, a stepbrother and a stepsister.