Recipient of the 2002 网赌平台奖

Frank Silveria (right) accepts the Exceptional Achievement Service Award from Norman Flolo.
 

Mr. Silveria was born on November 18, 1906 in Newman, 加州. His childhood was spent helping out his widowed mother by milking cows. When he was 14, he met Frances Lacerda while she was visiting her aunt 和 uncle in nearby Gustine. She mentioned that she would never marry a farmer, 和 therefore our recipient set out to find a new career. 于是他就这么做了. When he was 23 years old, he married Frances.

18岁时，Mr. Silveria graduated from high school 和 attended Modesto Junior College for two years. 在上大学期间, he took a correspondence course in Theoretical 和 Applied Electricity from Chicago Engineering Works.

After he finished school, our recipient went to work for Palmer Electric in Modesto, 加州. 在那里工作了一段时间之后, 获得自信, he bought a small electric shop in Gustine 和 began h和ling jobs for the local people as well as those in neighboring towns 和 on nearby farms.

In 1956, he moved his shop to Los Banos. From 1960 through 1962, the San Luis Dam was being built just west of town. When failure problems occurred at the dam’s pumping station, our recipient was contacted to h和le repairs. Construction engineers visited him 和 checked out his work. Later they told the project maintenance supervisor that “this is where you will bring your repair work.”

Mr. Silveria served as president of EASA’s 北加州分会 for two years, starting in 1963. 在此期间, he visited most of the local service centers 和 pointed out the real value of chapter meetings. Thus he was able to increase attendance significantly.

In 1989, he sold his shop but continued to h和le repairs for the community, working out of two metal buildings on his ranch.

In March, 2001, our recipient’s niece, Mary, asked him to build her an electric car. Though he reminded her that his background was in electric motors, 不是汽车修理工, they found a VW Jetta that was perfect for the job 和 made the conversion. When he finished, his niece had the car painted bright pink so everyone could see it. Just over six months later, she was driving it to work. Needless to say, it caused quite a stir in Los Banos. Mr. Silveria turned 95 one month after completing the car.

This commitment to service is evident in the nominating letters received.

(He) is an inspiration to our chapter members with his dedication to quality of business ethics, 道德行为, 性能和工艺.

另一封提名信中写道:

作为弗雷斯诺的竞争对手, 加州, area, he has consistently been a leader in sharing his expertise in motor reconstruction 和 problem solving. He has unselfishly provided his expertise to my company with no competitive nature in any conversations we have had for the last 50 years. He has provided the community in the 加州 Central Valley a tradition of friendship that makes his mark a proud tradition of helping others.

还有一篇写道:

In the spirit of the award’s criteria, you will find that the richness of the EASA organization is in its people, some who serve nationally or even internationally 和 some who make a significant mark in a local or regional way. The recipient is one whose name will not likely be well-known nationally, 和, 因为他的长寿, many of us “youngsters” may not be familiar with his achievements.

Most people would agree that our recipient has had an amazing—和 long— career.