Obituary: Patrick J. Brennan, Vice
President of Q-Lab Corporation
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Patrick J. Brennan, 60, Vice President of
Q-Lab Corporation, Westlake Ohio, died September 20, 2009.
During his 30-year Q-Lab career, he became established as on
of the few experts in the field of accelerated weathering
and lightfastness. He was an active member of ASTM, ISO,
AATCC standards making organizations.
An ASTM member since 1986, Brennan
participated in committees on metallic coatings B08,
sealants C24, paint and coatings D01, road and paving
materials D04, roofing D08, textiles D13, plastics D20,
building materials E06, corrosion G01 and weathering G03,
and more than 50 sub-committees. He served as the D20.50
Sub Chairman from 1991-2006 and was honored with the D20
Award of Appreciation in 2000 and the G03 Group Chairman of
the Year Award in 2001. |
Mr. Patrick J. Brennan. |
Brennan was an active member of AATCC for 23 years,
participating in several research committees and as a member of
the International Test Methods Committee. He was instrumental in
changing Test Method 16 to a performance based standard. He was
former chair of the Weather Resistance Test Methods and the
Colorfastness to Light Test Methods committees, and served as
the US expert for the ISO light stability and weathering
committee for several years. He also served on ISO TC38 for
textiles, and ISO TC61 for plastics from 1992-2005.
As the leader of Sales and Marketing at Q-Lab he oversaw the
initial launch of the Q-Fog Cyclic Corrosion Chamber (1993),
Florida and Arizona Weathering Research Service (1995) and Q-Sun
Xenon Test Chamber (1998). Over the past quarter century, he
has overseen the global expansion of Q-Lab into more than 60
countries including the opening of Q-Lab China and Q-Lab
Germany.
Brennan published numerous technical papers on weathering and
lightfastness and taught audiences around the world. His
contribution to the science of weathering and lightfastness have
been immeasurable.
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