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NPRE will help celebrate a milestone this Saturday (June 14, 2008)--the 90th birthday of Prof. Emeritus Daniel F. Hang.

Professor Hang's family will host an Open House from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Krannert Center for Performing Arts (500 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana). All friends and colleagues are invited to attend.

An emeritus professor of both NPRE and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dan Hang was among the founders of the nuclear program at Illinois half a century ago. He retired in 1984, but continues to be active in the American Nuclear Society, and is famous among NPRE alumni for the "gatherings" he hosts at ANS Summer and Winter meetings. He’s also active on NPRE’s Constituent Alumni and Industry Advisory Board, the Illinois and in the National Societies of Professional Engineers, the Boy Scouts, and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary.

Professor Hang has received many engineering awards, as well as the prestigious Constituent Leadership Award from the University of Illinois Alumni Association for his work with NPRE alumni activities.

He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1941 and 1949, respectively. He began as an assistant professor in Electrical Engineering in 1947 and spent his entire academic career at Illinois.

Professor Hang's research interests have focused on engineering economics. Since 1978, he has been the co-founder and President of SHTH Associates, Inc., providing for nuclear electric utility clientele computer software in nuclear fuel management and in engineering economic considerations for new fuel and reload bids. The company analyzes the economy of everyday reactor operations. About 25 percent of U.S. reactors use some version of the company’s service.

Professor Hang was born July 17, 1918, in Cleveland, Ohio. He and his late spouse, Ruth Ann Hang, were married September 14, 1941, in Schenectady, N.Y. She passed away on Nov. 2, 2002. Professor Hang has two children: Dr. Kenneth W. Hang of Hillsborough, N.C.; and Dr. William M. Hang of Westlake Village, Calif. Professor Hang also has five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Birthday greetings may be sent to:

Prof. D.F. Hang
Dept. of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Talbot Laboratory
104 South Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801

Contact: Susan K. Mumm, editor/alumni affairs coordinator, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, 217/347-2166.