VSPE - Rick Bartsch P.E. Fund

The fund was established in September 2000 by Rick’s friends and co-workers in the Office of Water Programs to honor him upon his retirement of 37 years of public service to the citizens of the Commonwealth as a public health engineer with the VA Department of Health (VDH).  The fund is administered jointly by VDH and VSPE.

During his career, Bartsch steadfastly defended the practice of hiring only qualified engineers for VDH’s engineering positions and placing only licensed engineers in positions of responsible charge.  He also consistently encouraged VDH engineers to participate in organizations whose activities were engineering related and encouraged non-licensed engineers to become licensed.

The fund provides a cash award of $50 for passing the FE exam and $100 for passing the PE exam.  The recipients must be current employees of the VA Department of Health, Office of Water Programs or Office of Environmental Health Services, when the exam is taken and when the announcement of passing is made by the licensing board.  The first recipient was Satgur Klar, P.E., District Engineer, S/E VA Field Office, OWP/VDH, in Virginia Beach.

Contributing
Anyone interested in contributing to this fund should send a check payable to the VSPE Educational Fund, 3420 Pump Road #240, Richmond, VA 23233.  Please put “Bartsch PE Fund” in the memo section.

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