The Air Movement and Control Association Intl. Inc. (AMCA Intl.) is sad to announce the passing of Gary Benson, retired president of Mechanovent Corp., who received the 2013 Distinguished Service Award. 

Visitation was held at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore, Texas.

Larry Steingard, 74, died on Sept. 24.

Alan Sinton, 88, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, died July 29 at the Pocopson Home in West Chester, Pennsylvania. 

Michael Matz of Mt. Kisco, New York, the son of Matco-Norca’s cofounder, died suddenly June 5 at the age of 44. Matz was the Eastern region sales manager for Matco-Norca and was employed for 20 years at his family’s company. 

Phil Meyers, 69, of Pendleton, Indiana, died June 2. Meyers served as national Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) president from 2000 to 2001 and was a member of SMACNA’s board of directors from 1994 to 1997.

Finn Fastrup, the former head of Danfoss’s refrigeration and air conditioning business, died May 3 in Nordborg, Denmark. 

Samuel A. Shuman of Speer Mechanical in Columbus, Ohio, died April 12 at the age of 89. Shuman joined Speer Mechanical in 1957 and built it into a successful mechanical contracting business.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — It is with sorrow that WaterFurnace International, Inc. announces the passing of its president and CEO, Tom Huntington, after a battle with cancer. Tom passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo.