> In Memoriam of Herb Kramer and Bert Aaron

1/25/2022
Source: Electronics Representatives Association

ERA is mourning the loss of Herb Kramer and Bertrand Aaron.

Herb Kramer passed away in December 2021. He retired from MicroSales, of which he was the owner, in 2006. Kramer held several positions in the Ohio chapter of ERA, including president, and was awarded ERA lifetime membership in 2005.

Bert Aaron passed away in December 2021 and would’ve been 100 years old in January 2022. Aaron was the owner of Aaron Technical Consultants, Chesapeake chapter, and owner of Bertram D. Aaron & Co. Inc., New York chapter. Aaron was awarded ERA lifetime membership in 2003. Aaron led a passionate life and illustrious career. Among many other accomplishments, he attained the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II, which led to a position as aeronautical research scientist at NASA and then as an engineer for the U.S. Army Signal Corps where he received the Commanders Medal. Having lost two wives to breast cancer, Aaron organized and chaired the first Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation Symposium on state-of-the-art medicine for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.