Background
Casazza, John Andrew was born on January 3, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of John Andrew and Jane (Granata) Casazza.
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John Andrew Casazza
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Education
Student, Cooper Union, 1941-1943; Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1945.
Career
Successively system planning and development engineer, general manager planning and research, vice president planning and research Public Service Electric & Gas Company, Newark, 1946-1977. Vice president Stone & Webster Management Consultant, New York City, 1977-1979. President Casazza, Schultz & Associates, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, 1979-1990.
Chairman board Chandra Shekhar Azad Energy Consultant, 1991-1997. President American Education Institute, 1994—2008. Member energy engineering board National Research Council, 1988—1994.
Member research advisory committee Electrical Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1976—1977. Member United States Energy Association World Energy Conference, 1983—1992. Board directors Georgia Systems Operations Company, 1996—2005.
Member Power Engineers Supporting Truth, since 2003.
Achievements
Membership
Public trustee New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium, 1973-1979. Treasurer New Jersey Energy Research Institute, 1977. Member New Jersey Governor's Panel on Solar Energy, 1975-1977.
Ensign United States Navy, 1943-1945. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life, chairman energy policy committee 1981-1982, chairman environmental quality committee 1984-1985, United States activities board citation of honor 1985, Herman Halperin award 1990, United States activities board directors VII professional leadership award 1992). Member International Conference on Large High Voltage Electric Systems (Executive committee United States national committee 1974-1993, Atwood associate since 1986, special citation 1982, Philip Sporn award 1994), Springfield Golf and Country Club.
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Connections
Married Madeline Russo, April 24, 1949. Children: John Anthony, Joan Bernadette Casazza Fram.
