Reuben Trane was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin on September 13, 1886.

[1] He graduated from La Crosse Central High School in 1906.

In 1910, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

He was a member of the Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers and of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (ASHRAE), to which he was awarded a lifetime membership in 1951.

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