This month, I want to indulge my ongoing inspiration with life by sharing the details of a visit with one of my first mentors in the HVAC industry, Hank Eggert. I am also writing this column for all those pre-baby boomers and baby boomers (and I know who you are in this building industry!) In the past, I’ve written about professional development and continuing to contribute to the building industry (see my October 2020 column, “A Life Well Lives and Still Living”), and here is a great example for those who should be saying each morning to themself, “Don’t let the old man (or woman) in.”
I went to visit Hank a few weeks ago to see how he was doing after his beautiful wife Margret of 55 years had passed on unexpectedly. I had a great visit with him, and we talked about the value of today and tomorrow. Hank, who is 83 years young, once served as the president of an HVAC consulting engineering company. He is now taking on the challenges from this unexpected sad event in his life.