ANS/ASME Barry Sloane Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship

Barry D. Sloane provided many years of dedicated service, expertise, and leadership in advancing the impact of the ASME/ANS Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Standard for Nuclear Power Plant Applications. He was an active member of the standards program since 2000, when he joined the Project Team on PRA Standards. Shortly thereafter, he became a member of subcommittees on Standards Planning, Technology, and Interpretation. He chaired the Subcommittee on Applications (2005–2010) and the Subcommittee on Standards Development (2011–2019) and was a member of the ASME/ANS JCNRM since 2004.

Barry grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and worked his way through Brooklyn Tech High School, New York University, and Stanford University, where he graduated with a master of science degree in mechanical engineering. The Brooklyn teen who disassembled and reassembled radios for fun in high school went on to a prestigious career that spanned four decades—30 years at Westinghouse, 2 years at Dominion Energy, and 14 years at Erin Engineering and Jensen-Hughes. As an expert in risk analysis for the commercial nuclear power industry, Barry was highly respected industrywide and was a mentor to many of the next generation’s engineers.

Barry was known for his brilliant mind, but even more so for his modest demeanor, thoughtfulness, and love of family. He was an archivist for the Sloane family and was proud to share his collection of ancestral photos and certificates from Germany, Russia, and Poland with the next two generations at a family reunion.