Hall of Fame   

Dr. Jerry D. Stachiw   ( 1931 - 2007 )
Inducted August 18, 2007

Dr. Stachiw was a US Navy staff scientist and author of Handbook on Acrylics for Submersibles, Hyperbaric Chambers and Aquaria.   He was past-chairman of ASME Ocean Engineering Division and a member of the ASME Committee on Safety Standards for Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy.   Under his leadership as the Chairman of Subcommittee on Viewports in the ASME PVHO Safety Standard Committee from 1972 to 1987, the safety standard for acrylic viewports was written, edited and published in 1977 as an ASNI/ASME PVHO Safety Standard.   He was a member of the Marine Technology Society, New York Academy of Science, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Tau Sigma, and Pi Mu Epsilon Honorary Societies.