James “Jim” Allen Bryan, an EASA Technical Support Specialist from June 2010 through February 2018, passed away at his home in Glen Carbon, Illinois, on Tuesday, April 12.

Bobby Powell, Kevin Krupp and Calvin Earp elected to EASA's Board of Directors.

Larry Fritz, 68, of Davey, Nebraska, passed away on March 13; and Denver J. Weigel, 81, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, passed away on April 6.

Sid Seymour of Seymour-Smith Electric Motor & Pump Service Inc. in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, will become EASA’s Chairman of the Board for the 2022- 23 administrative year. His term begins on June 28.

Olin Jobe, 83, of Riverview, Florida, passed away on January 29.

Linda Gladden has joined the EASA staff as Marketing & Communications Manager. Ms. Gladden is a communications leader with 19 years of experience building communications teams in the association and public pension arenas.

Robert “Bob” Gaddis, 70, of Hilton Head, South Carolina; and Roland Frank Harrison, 82, of Tuttle, Oklahoma.

View key findings and takeaway excerpts from the 2020 US Department of Energy (USDOE) Motor System Market Assessment Motor (MSMA). A longer longer version of the key findings and takeaways is also available for download as well as the complete 252-page 2020 MSMA Report.

Richard L. Dey, 77, of Rehoboth Beach, Deleware, passed away on Friday, February 26. He was the owner of Lockwood Electric in Trenton, New Jersey.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued rulemaking on test procedures for small electric motors for more than a decade. The present “final rule,” effective February 3, 2021, is the culmination of those efforts.