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ANDREW F. CORRY
1 922-1 994
BY CHARLES F. AVILA
ANDREW F. CoRRY, an international management consultant,
diec! December 22, 1994, at his home in West Hyannisport,
Massachusetts. He was seventy-two.
Born October 2S, 1922, in West Lynn, Massachusetts, Andy
lived for many years in Newton, Massachusetts, before moving
to Cape Cod.
Andy had over forty-f~ve years of experience in electric utility
engineering and management. At the time of his death, he
was a principal in Corry Associates. As a consultant, he
provided counsel to various utilities throughout the Uniter!
States and abroad.
He had been for many years an active member of the
International Conference on Large High-VoTtage Electric
Systems (CIGRE) an international study organization baser!
in Paris both as an author and as a participant in its
committee work. He was the United States representative to
the CIGRE study committee on high-voltage insulated cables
from 1971 to 1978 and chairman of the United States
technical committee from 1980 to 1985. From 1985 to shortly
before his death, he was general manager of the United States
National Committee on CIGRE. He became an Atwood
Associate of CIGRE in 1993.
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MEMORIAL TRIBUTES
He was an internationally recognized expert in under-
ground electric transmission and distribution systems. In 1978
he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He
was a life fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) and was honored with the Habirshaw Award
in 1983 and the Centennial Medal in 1984. He was a member
of the Insulatecl Conductors Committee of the IEEE for eigh-
teen years, including secretary, vice-chairman, en cl chairman.
He also served as chairman of the Underground Transmission
Steering Committee of the Electric Power Research Council
and chairman of the Cable Engineering Section of the Associ-
ation of Edison Illuminating Companies.
Fourteen of his publications treat subjects related to his
engineering specialties. These were written as guidance to other
utilities, manufacturers, or policymaking organizations that have
similar needs to develop practices beneficial to the public.
Although Andy's expertise was diverse, he had a special af-
fection for high-voltage cables. These usually consist of three
large copper conductors with compacted strands. Paper tape
is applied to each conductor to a thickness of about a half
inch. Then the conductors are placed in a vacuum tank where
any water vapor and atmospheric gases are removed. Insulat-
ing of! is then appliecl at high pressure, saturating the
insulation. Metallic shielding, protective tapes, and a skid
wire are added for shipping and pulling the three conductors
into eight-inch pipe welded into lengths up to several thou-
sand feet. Each such cable set is joined in manholes that are
air-conditioned for the work. Finally, a full vacuum again re-
moves any gases before the pipe is filled with clegasified of!
and operated at 200 pounds per square inch of of] pressure.
Such cable can carry up to half a million volts. Andy enjoyed
the meticulous attention to detail required for the installation
of such cable, including adapting to inevitable problems.
Andy donated his time and expertise to the National Re-
search Council Commission on Engineering and Technical
Systems. He served as chairman of the Committee on Electric
Energy Systems from 1985 to l9X6, reviewing the Department
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ANDREW F. CORRY
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of Energy research and development programs, and as a mem-
ber of the Committee on State and Fecleral Roles in Energy
Emergency Preparedness from 1988 to 1989.
Before going into the consulting business, Andy was em-
ployed for thirty-six years by Boston Edison Company.
Throughout his career, he was closely involved with all aspects
of electric utility engineering, construction, operations, plan-
ning, and research and development.
In the rapid expansion in the electric utility inclustr,v after
WorIcI War II, Ancly joined a division of Edison that tract been
formed not only to develop or gather rapidity changing tech-
nologies but to review any aIreacly in use. This included a
wide range of engineering in specifications for purchasing,
construction designs, maintenance practices, and reductions
in service outages. An example was the development of recti-
fiers to serve dc power to concentrations of customers that
had equipment such as printing presses or elevators too ex-
pensive to change to act The rectifiers continued to serve
customers while permitting many tons of copper to be sal-
vaged at favorable prices from the old dc network and
substations and released miles of vacated duct lines for new
circuits. Andy became head of that division, continuer! his
effectiveness, and rose in the company ranks. He became
assistant to the executive vice-president in 1969; director of
engineering, planning, and systems operations in 1973; direc-
tor of engineering, planning, nuclear, and systems operations
in 1974; vice-presiclent, electric, in 1975; and senior vice-presi-
dent in 1979. He retired from Edison in 1983.
A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Andy was active in alumni matters. He participated in
planning for the twenty-fifth to fiftieth reunions and served as
chairman of the fortieth reunion. He was cosecretary of his
class for ten years and a member of the Alumni Advisory
Council. He completed the fiftieth Advanced Management
Program at Harvard Business School and was a member of
the Harvard Club of Boston. He interrupted his
undergraduate education to serve in the Army Signal Corps
during World War lI.
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MEMORIAL TRIBUTES
He was the husband of Diane Kinch Corry. His first wife,
Mildred (Dunn) Corry, cried in 1977. He is survived by his
wife, Diane; a son, fames Corry of Houston, Texas; two daugh-
ters, Andrea Kantaros of Peabody, Massachusetts, en cl Janice
Luongo of Wakefield, Massachusetts; a stepdaughter, Melissa
Tritter of West Hyannisport, Massachusetts; and one grand-
daughter and four grandsons.
Andy had a fine sense of humor. He never mixed it with an
important discussion, but one knew it was there and it kept matters
down to earth. At other times he could wield it with a twinkling eye.
His friends and associates remember that joie de vivre as
well as his diverse knowledge and interests; from history to
opera, baseball to mathematics, wildlife to art. His warmth,
wisdom, leadership, and friendship will be greatly missed.
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