Paul J. Torpey

Paul J. Torpey (1937-2019) was an American mechanical engineer and former executive at ESEERCO research cooperation.

He was also active within the engineering professional society community, as evidenced by his many years of leadership service in ASME.

[4] While at Bell, he was influential in the development of aircraft derivative gas turbines used to provide backup power for the United States’ telecommunications network.

In 1970, Torpey joined Con Edison where he helped the company launch one of the earliest electric utility research departments.

[2] Torpey received the ASME Centennial Medal and Dedicated Service Award in 2008 for his work with the Society, and was named an ASME Honorary Member in 2011 for “outstanding leadership in the electric utility research field that significantly advanced modern power systems, and for enlightened and insightful activities in engineering societies that improved the quality of the profession.”[3] Paul married Phyllis A Robinson in 1962.