What’s in a Name? ✓ Most Recent

Few global institutions are so familiar that they are better known than the person whose name they bear. Take, for example, New York City’s Carnegie Hall, named for 19th century industrialist Andrew Carnegie. Or The Guggenheim Museum, named for Solomon Guggenheim, who founded the Yukon Gold Co. and began collecting art in the 1890’s. The Herrick Laboratories at Purdue University are famous in the HVAC&R world, renowned for research and development. But how did trained toolmaker Ray W. Herrick become synonymous with engineering excellence?