As Bobby Ring counts down the days until he is officially installed as chairman of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America’s (ACCA) board of directors, he can’t help but wish his father was still here to share in the moment.
Ring spent 32 years working with his father Robert at Meyer & Depew Co., in Kenilworth, N.J., and it was Robert who accompanied Bobby to his first ACCA function, a North Jersey chapter meeting, back in April 1981. In 2011, because of the progression of ACCA’s board, it became apparent Bobby Ring would become chairman in 2013, and he expected his father to be there with him as he gave his inaugural speech at the Chairman’s Banquet.