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Richard C. Jordan
Pages 172-177

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... LIU, AND DEANE MORRISON RICHARD C JORDAN, former head of the University of Minnesota Department of Mechanical Engineering, died of natural causes in Rio Verde, Arizona, on June 14, 2002, at the age of 93.
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... "Any home in the United States may be heated entirely by a solar energy heat pump system," he wrote, "if a sufficiently large collector, heat pump, and heat storage facilities are provided." He established a solar-energy research program at the University of Minnesota in the mid-1950s; it focused on solar energy as a way to control energy consumption in buildings. He and his students made pioneering contributions to fundamental research on solar radiation that are still widely regarded.
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... , and Photometer for Dust Measurement (University of Minnesota Department of Mechanical Engineering, ASHRAE, and U.S. Public Health Service Cooperative Research Project, 1955)
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... He also took a keen interest in his daughters' and grandchildren's educations. Benjamin Liu, a retired Regents Professor of Mechanical Engineering, called Jordan a visionary and pioneer who had the ability to recognize talent.
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