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John Waltersdorf, former owner of Tristate Electric Supply, Hagerstown, Md., passed away on Sept. 2. He is survived by one son, John G. Waltersdorf of Hagerstown; three daughters, Elizabeth Grayson Oldfather of Philadelphia; Margaret Waltersdorf and Roberta Annan Waltersdorf both of Hagerstown; and three grandchildren.
Over the past 60 years, Waltersdorf was one of the electrical wholesaling industry’s most respected leaders. He was president of National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) from 1970-1971 and served as the president and chairman of the board of trustees for the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) from 1974-1976. Waltersdorf also received the James H. McGraw Award for Electrical Men for Research Leadership in Distributor Data-Processing in 1975, and the 1997 GEM Award for Electrical Distributors from Electrical Wholesaling.