Founder of Baltimore Aircoil Company Honored by Natural Refrigeration Foundation
Baltimore Aircoil Company’s founder, John Engalitcheff Jr., has been inducted into the Natural Refrigeration Foundation’s Legacy 100 Club, which honors pioneers whose contributions helped shape modern refrigeration technology.
Engalitcheff founded Baltimore Aircoil Company in 1938, building the company’s first cooling coil in his garage. Driven by curiosity, engineering ingenuity and a commitment to solving customer challenges, he pioneered technologies that helped establish evaporative cooling as a highly efficient method of heat rejection for commercial and industrial applications.
During his career, Engalitcheff secured 47 patents, including 23 in evaporative cooling technologies, laying the foundation for decades of innovation. Today, BAC continues that legacy with more than 1,000 patents granted worldwide, delivering advanced cooling technologies that support HVAC, industrial, refrigeration, and data center applications.
