Obituaries
Obituaries
The ASME News Obituaries section is a monthly listing of ASME members who have recently passed away or of whose passing we were recently notified. If you would like to report the passing of a family member or friend who was an ASME member, please contact the ASME Membership department at membership@asme.org
December 2022 - Obituaries
Armstrong, Patrick, (1958-2022), San Luis Obispo, CA. Central Coast Section. Member 2004
Bradley, Robert G., (1939-2022), Victoria, BC, CAN. North American-no section. Member 1987
Bruny, Charles, (1943-2022), Georgetown, KY. Bluegrass Section. Member 1974
Butters, John T., (1932-2022), Center Point, TX. San Antonio Section, Member 1988
Collins, Raymond D., (1944-2022), Overland Park, KS. Kansas City Section. Member 1966
Dunlap, James M., (1950-2022), Raleigh, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1984
Erdman, Andrew M., (1947-2022), Spring Mills, PA. Central Pennsylvania Section. Member 1971
Gettler, Fredrick W., (1921-2022), Lady Lake, FL. Northeast Florida Section, Member 1966
Gionta, Thomas A., (1946-2022), The Villages, FL. Northeast Florida Section. Member 1968
Haenny, Jost M., (1920-2022), Schernelz, SUI. Switzerland Section. Member 1980
Ishii, Yoshinori, (1962-2022), Farmington Hills, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 2002
Jordan, Nick A., (1933-2022), Bellevue, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1961
Kaliniecki, Antoni, (1953-2022), Northridge, CA. San Fernando Valley Section. Member 1984
Kroos, Kenneth A. (1951-2022), Drexel Hill, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1976
Loyd, Samuel A., (1924-2022), Waynesboro, VA. Virginia Section. Member 1947
Pereira, Edward J., (1942-2022), Martinez, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1966
Santos, Manuel R., (1928-2022), Manhattan Beach, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1955
Schelke, Joseph, (1927-2022), New Bern, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1951
Scussel, R. John, (1931-2022), Manchester, MO. St Louis Section, Member 1974
Simonis, John C., (1940-2022), San Antonio, TX. San Antonio Section. Member 1979
Singleton, James R., (1931-2022), Tucson, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1963
Winter, Charles, (1921-2022), Santa Fe, NM. New Mexico Section. Member 1951
November 2022 - Obituaries
Anderson, Howard M., (1925-2022), Samson, AL. Chattahoochee Section. Member 1972
Dube, Victor, (1941-2022), McDade, TX. Central Texas Section. Member 2015
Dybbs, Alexander, (1943-2022), University Heights, OH. Cleveland Section. Member 1969
Griffith, Peter. (1927-2022), 1927-2022), Belmont, MA. Boston Section. Member 1950
Hannoosh, James, (1948-2022), West Barnstable, MA. Boston Section, Member 1979
Heinsohn, Robert J., (1932-2022), State College, PA. Central Pennsylvania Section. Member 1972
Lehner, Peter, (1922-2022), Hingham, MA. Boston Section. Member 1949
Niemi, Van R. (1950-2022), Sequim, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1977
Pepper, Darrell, (1946-2022), Las Vegas, NV. Silver State Section. Member 1974
Reiter, Howard J., (1959-2022), Milford, CT. New Haven Section. Member 1998
Rouse, Marshall, (1954-2022), Yorktown, VA. Central Virginia Section. Member 1978
Schapker, Richard L., (1934-2022), Santa Barbara, CA. Channel Islands Section. Member 1979)
Somers, Austin H., (1941-2022), Oviedo, FL. Florida Section. Member 1993
Starkweather, James O., (1923-2022), Essex, CT. New Haven Section. Member 1944
Stewart, Warner l., (1927-2022), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1963
Viera, Herbert L., (1932-2022), Wilbraham, MA. Western Massachusetts Section. Member 1978
October 2022 Obituaries
Back, Lloyd H. (1933-2022), Irvine, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1963
Gibson, Ronald, (1942-2022), Reno, Nevada. Comstock Section. Member 1965
Hernandez-Lopez, Wilfredo, (1929-2022), Mayaguez, PR. Florida Section. Member 1950
Jackson, J. Andre, (1946-2022), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1968
Macdonald, MAC, ( ---- - 2022), Langley, BC, CAN. British Columbia Section. Member 2018
Sankar, Thiagas S., (1940-2022), Brossard, QC, CAN. Quebec Section. Member 1982
Schneider, William G. (1939-2022), Branchton, ON, CAN. Ontario Section. Member 1968
September 2022 Obituaries
Ardizzi, Peter F., (1922-2022), Warminster, PA. Greater Trenton Section. Member 1961
Besser, Gilbert M., (1927-2022), Havertown, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1949
Betten, Paul R., (1946-2022), Naperville, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1973
Bonnier, Pierre, (1955-2022), Rawdon, QC, CAN. Quebec Section. Member 2011
Cox, Hilliard J., (1940 -2022), Caledon, ON. Ontario Section. Member 2012
Drayton, Edward, (1949-2022), Coventry, UK. United Kingdom Section. Member 1987
Durbeck, Robert C., (1935-2022), Los Gatos, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1958
Ellenberger, James P., (1935-2022), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1958
Foland, Lawrence C., (1933-2022), Kettering, OH. Dayton Section. Member 1967
Gibson, Ronald, (1942-2022), Reno, NV. Comstock Section. Member 1965
Giovagnoli, Paul S., (1927-2022), Kansas City, MO. Kansas City Section. Member 1948
Grady, Donald L., (1943-2022), Spring, TX. Northwest Houston Subsection. Member 1967
Henry, Vincent I., (1937-2022), Ann Arbor, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1972
Holland, John H. (1950-2022), Hixson, TN, Chattanooga Section. Member 1983
Hunter, Thomas A. (1918-2022), Portland, OR. Oregon Section. Member 1958
Katsuta, Masafumi, (1950-2022), Tokyo, JPN. Japan Section. Member 1987
Krishnayya, Pasupuleti V., (1937-2022), Fishers, IN. Central Indiana Section. Member 1980
Lohrs, Eugene W., (1927-2022) Waterford, CT. New London Section. Member 1965
Maxwell, John M. (1926-2022), Fruita, CO. Colorado Section. Member 1955
Mervine, Robert, (1946-2022, Glen Mills, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1980
Moore, Dennis G. (1940-2022), Livermore, CA. Mt. Diablo Section. Member 1961
Mota, Joaquin, (1969-2022), Morden, CAN, North America/No Section. Member 2015
Newhall, William C., (1940-2022), Walpole, MA, Boston Section. Member 2000
Nystrom, Robert G., (1931-2022), Glastonbury, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1964
Perscheid, Gustave A. (1924-2022), Walnut Creek, CA. Mt. Diablo Section. Member 1950
Potapczuk, George (1919-2022), Albuquerque, NM. New Mexico Section. Member 1961
Richards, Charles G., (1934-2022), Albuquerque, NM. New Mexico Section. Member 1967
Richardson, Donald (1928-2022), Coupeville, WA. Salish Sea Section. Member 1955
Richter, Hans (1934-2022), Arcadia, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1977
Seilheimer, Richard A. (1936-2022), Redmond, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1964
Shultz, Jacque D., (1974-2022), Springfield, MO. Kansas City Section. Member 1998
Smith, Rick A., (1948-2022), Ostrander. OH. Central Ohio Section. Member 1986
Strozier, Robert E. (1934-2022), Woodstock, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1976
Sun, D.C., (1936-2022), Sandy, UT. Utah Section. Member 1981
Sweeney, J. Michael, (1937-2022), Dallas, TX. North Texas Section. Member 1979
Taylor, Jerry G., (1945-2022), Palestine, TX. North Texas Section. Member 1975
Yamada. Yoshiaki, (1922-2022), Chiba City, Japan. Japan Section. Member 1977
Yeardley, Lawrence C., (1919-2022), Charleston, WV. West Virginia Section. Member 1949
August 2022 Obituaries
Baum, James R., (1930-2022), Paradise Valley, AZ. Arizona Section. Membership 1961
Carr, Glenn L., (1941-2022), Denton, TX. North Texas Section. Membership 1980
Chander, Vijaya A. (1948-2022), Martinez, GA. Central Sav River Area Section. Membership 1975
Chandran, Ram, (1948-2022), Flint, MI. Saginaw Valley Section. Membership 1981
Cherian, Kochukunju K., (1942-2022), Palos Heights, IL. Chicago Section. Membership 1978
Corley, Ralph C. (1931-2022), Wyoming, OH. Cincinnati Section. Membership 1957
Davison, Gary A. (1954-2022), Katy, TX. South Texas Section. Membership 1979
De Bever, Bruce J., (1935-2022), Boulder, CO. Colorado Section. Membership 1971
Engler Jr., Martin R., (1924-2022), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Membership 1960
Getchell, Jeffrey J., (1945-2022), Beverly Hills, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Membership 1975
Gore, Richard L., (1946-2022), Davie, FL. Palm Beach Section. Membership 1971
Gray, Foster, (1931-2022), Round Rock, TX. Central Texas Section. Membership 1966
Guernsey, Jr., Curtis H., (1924-2022), Oklahoma City, OK. Central Oklahoma Section. Membership 1946
Hawks, Victor R., (1924-2022), Metairie, LA. New Orleans Section. Membership 1965
Johnson, Harry J., (1918-2022), West Paterson, NJ. North Jersey Section. Membership 1947
Kee, Orron E., (1935-2022), Alexandria, VA. Washington DC Section. Membership 1957
Lubieniecki, Valdemar M., (1929-2022), Skaneateles, NY. Syracuse Section. Membership 1962
Maxton, Ralph, (1938-2022), Cape Girardeau, MO. Paducah Section. Membership 1960
Melin, John L., (1961-2022), Toms River, NJ. Mid Jersey Section. Membership 1984
Pflederer, Fred, (1928-2022), Stamford, CT. Fairfield County Section. Membership 1953
Potter, Richard C., (1935-2022), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Membership 1972
Rutt, John S., (1938-2022), Schofield, WI. Milwaukee Section. Membership 1960
Sabol, Michael O., (1939-2022), Florence, NJ. Greater Trenton Section. Membership 1964
Stiber, John A., (1940-2022), Chicago, IL. Chicago Section. Membership 1963
Tine, Sebastian D., (1927-2022), Duluth, GA. Atlanta Section. Membership 1948
Weber, John, (1946-2022), Milan, IL. Northeast Iowa Section. Membership 1979
Webster, William R. (1943-2022), Prescott, AZ. Arizona Section. Membership 1965
July 2022 Obituaries
Bosley, Howard E., (1938-2022), Great Bend, KS. Central Kansas Section. Member 1961Cross Jr., Wiley E., (1930-2022), Mechanicsville, VA. Central Virginia Section. Member 1959
Debra, Daniel B., (1930-2022), Los Altos, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1964
Eisenhaure, David, (1945-2022), Cohasset, MA. Boston Section. Member 1986
Fox, Herbert, (1939-2022), New Rochelle, NY. Westchester County Section. Member 1979
Gifford, Douglas N., (1935-2022), Carol Stream, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1959
Lembcke. Robert M., (1952-2022), Pensacola, FL. Northwest Florida Section. Member 1975
Maclean, Walter M., (1924-2022), Sea Cliff, NY, Long Island Section. Member 1957
Robe, Thurlow R., (1934-2022), Salem, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1966
Sickles, Willard, (1953-2022), Dalton, PA. Anthracite-Lehigh Valley Section. Member 1976
Soedel, Werner, (1936-2022), West Lafayette, IN. Central Indiana Section. Member 1967
Ternstrom, Ray G., (1929-2022, Walnut Creek, CA. Mt Diablo Section. Member 1971
Theisen, Kenneth, (1966-2022) Elk River, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 2003
Zuzack, William A., (1948-2022), Mechanicsburg, PA. Susquehanna Section. Member 1978
June 2022 Obituaries
Anderson, Archie, (1937-2022), Goodrich, MI. Saginaw Valley Section. Member 1993
Brunkalla, Ronald L., (1937-2022), Tulsa, OK. Mid-Continent Section. Member 1976
Hernandez-Lopez, Wilfredo, (1929-2022), Mayaguez, PR. Florida Section. Member 1950
Hill, John L., (1928-2022), Albuquerque, NM. No Section. Member 1951
Hoeppner, David W., (1935-2022), Salt Lake City, UT. Utah Section. Member 1974
Lombardi, Paul J., (1939-2022), Saint Cloud, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1964
Marriott, Douglas L., (1939-2022), South Lebanon, OH, Cincinnati Section. Member 1982
Perez, Ecuardo H., (1939-2022), Miami. FL. Miami Section. Member 1967
Taggart, Ralph D., (1913-2022), Wellsville, NY. Olean Section. Member 1970
May 2022 Obituaries
Carr, Glenn L., (1941-2022), Denton, TX. North Texas Section. Member 1980
McDonald, Henry, (1937-2022), Chattanooga, TN. Chattanooga Section. Member 1974
McHugh, James H., (1932-2022), Champaign, IL. Central Illinois Section. Member 1958
Page, Kingman W., (1917-2022), Olean, NY. Olean Section. Member 1940
Ruberu, Ranjit, (1940-2022), McKinney, TX. North Texas Section. Member 2008
Stanton, Paul R., (1924-2022), Preston, CT. New London Section. Member 1949
April 2022 Obituaries
Chaikowski, Anthony F., (1921-2022), Leesburg, Fl. Florida Section. Member 1947
Clark, Jack E., (1912-2022). Waikanae, New Zealand. New Zealand Section. Member 1951
Engstrom, Roy E., (1937-2022) El Toro, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1977
Ewoldt, Robert, (1935-2022), Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Section. Member 1982
Ferguson, Charles, (1930-2022), Hernando, FL. Florida Section. Member 1962
Greengrove, Robert T., (1930-2022), Nutley, NJ. North New Jersey Section. Member 1953
Heacock, James H., (1925-2022), Seal Beach, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1949
Hellstrom, George, (1954-2022), Murray, UT. Utah Section. Member 1976
Nerem, Robert M., (1937-2022), Stone Mountain, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1973
Orthwein, William C., (1924-2022), Highland, IL. St. Louis Section. Member 1959
Percival, Worth H., (1919-2022), Fletcher, NC. Greenville Section. Member 1942
Simmons, Richard, (1949-2022), Austin, TX. Central Texas Section. Member 1976
Stastny Jr., Eugene P., (1926-2022), Severna Park, MD. Baltimore Section. Member 1950
Stroebl, Eugene, (1951-2022), Plymouth, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1974
Vinezeano, Anthony D., (1928-2022), Peotone, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1967
March 2022 Obituaries
Lawrence J. Wolf
In 2008, he was recognized as a Life Fellow of the ASME receiving an Engineering VISION Award from Engineering.com. He was an ASME representative to ABET, served on the Council on Education, and was a contrubutor to Vision 2030, a study whose purpose was to stimulate thinking and motivate action on the future of mechanical engineering education.
Dr. Wolf received his B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering and his DSc in structural engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. He had been an engineer with Chevron, Monsanto, McDonnell Douglas, and Boeing, and a visiting scientist in residence at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. He held active P.E. registrations in Missouri and Oregon.
He began his academic career in 1964 as the founding head of the MET program at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley then became an associate professor at the University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia from 1972 to 1974. He was appointed Dean at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, directing a joint project with MIT in Iran, after which he returned to St. Louis in 1975 as the Associate Dean of Instruction.
He headed the Department of Manufacturing Engineering Technologies and Supervision at Purdue University, Calumet, from 1978 to 1980, then served for ten years as the Dean of the College of Technology of the University of Houston. After a sabbatical year working on the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory, he moved to Oregon to become the 4th President of the Oregon Institute of Technology and was recognized as a Distinguished Service Professor of the Oregon University System. Dr. Wolf retired from administration in 1998.
Larry is survived by his wife of 60 years, Barbara; his children, Theresa, Carl, and Lawrence; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Copa, Mario M., (1950-2022), La Paz, BOL. Bolivia Section. Member 1998
Galante, James J., (1945-2022) Falmouth, ME. Northern New England Section. Member 2005
Harris, George N., (1920-2022), Oregon, WI. Milwaukee Section. Member 1943
Hai, Richard B., (1937-2022), Stuart, FL. Palm Beach Section. Member 2013
Hutcheson Jr., Robert S., (1957-2022), Cookeville, TN. Nashville Section. Member 1983
Kennedy, William G., (1920-2022), Hartford, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1942
Lones, Joe J., (1933-2022), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1972
McConkey Jr., James F., (1932-2022), Derwood, MD. Washington DC Section. Member 1963
McMahon, Shaun T., (1965-2022), Buenos Aires, ARG, Argentina Section. Member 2004
Prasad, Marehalli, (1950-2022), Maplewood, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member1981
Ratterree, Hulic B., (1932-2022), Rock Hill, SC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1957
Walker, Jr, M. Lucius, (1936-2022), Marina del Ray, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1961
Wildin, Maurice, (1935=2022), Albuquerque, NM. New Mexico Section. Member 1961
Febuary 2022 Obituaries
Badgley, Robert H., (1938-2022), Round Rock, TX. Central Texas Section. Member 1967
Cordano Jr., John A., (1923-2022), Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1948
Cushman, Robert A., (1929-2022), Condon, MT. Montana Section. Member 1951
Depalma, James P., (1944-2022), Aiken, SC. Central Savanah River Area Section. Member 1991
Farrell, Ronald, (1958-2022), Apex, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1981
Holman, Emerson D., (1924-2022), Newark, OH. Central Ohio Section. Member 1949
Hunt, Charles, (1944-2022), Canton, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1966
Jeglic, Frank, (1934-2022), Alliance, OH. Canton-All-Mass Section. Member 1965
Leach, James W. (1939-2022), Raleigh, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1970
Loviska, Timothy R., (1950-2022), Dexter, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1980
Mackey, John R., (1928-2022), Lachine, QC, CAN. Quebec Section. Member 1968
Mayer, Robert E., (1950-2022), Tonawanda, NY. Buffalo Section. Member 1973
.
Novak, Lajos, (1927-2022), Pt. Charlotte, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1970
Paragian, Thomas, (1933-2022), Hellertown, PA. Anthracite-Lehigh Valley Section. Member 1965
January 2022 Obituaries
Franz-Josef Kahlen
Dr. Kahlen was an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. His research interests were in the visualization of system complexity, performance, and risks, and manufacturing research based on using lasers as production tools.
Among his many contributions to ASME, Dr. Kahlen served as Group Leader for the Middle East & Africa Region, and on the International Regions Committee under the Member Development and Engagement Sector. He was active on numerous technical committees and IMECE committees and will be remembered for his many contributions to ASME’s District J and the MEA region. More recently, he served on the ASME Nominating Committee from July 2020-June 2021.
He held a Dipl-Ing degree from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, a MSc from the University of Tennessee, and Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida.
Dr. Kahlen is survived by his wife and four children.
Banta, Andrew, (1938-2021), Fort Bragg, CA. San Francisco Section. Member 1971
Batdorf, Samuel B., (1914-2021), Orange, CA Orange County Section. Member 1953
Belcher, Alan E., (1929-2021), Barre, VT. Green Mountain Section. Member 1966
Bouick, James B., (1932-2021), Belmont, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1955
Cartwright, Robert, (1946-2021), Omaha, NE. Nebraska Section. Member 1976
Cavell, Walter E. (1918-2021), Gaffney, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1952
Coppedge, Carl (1945-2021), Brewer, ME. Northern New England Section. Member 1999
Doyle Jr., George, (1943-2021), Dayton, OH. Dayton Section. Member 1978
Fryer, Donald M., (1932-2021), Fairview, PA, Erie Section. Member 1975
Furlong, Thomas F. (1927-2021), Greenville, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1953
Guice, Walter L. (1948-2021), Longview, TX. North Texas Section, Member 1974
Hafer, A.A., (1924-2021), Greenville, SC, Greenville Section. Member 1951
Hantman, Robert G., (1941-2021), Exeter, NH. Northern New England Section. Member 1975
Hedrick, Gary, (1949-2021), Charlotte, NC, Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1982
Hickey, Gerald F., (1924-2021), Asheville, NC, Greenville Section, Member 1947
Hoffman, Alonzo L, (1927-2021), Greenville, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1952
Howorth, Robert W., (1918-2021), Greenville. SC. Greenville Section. Member 1941
Hurt, William R., (1931-2021), Moore, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1955
Jennings, Uei P., (1913-2021), Hendersonville, NC. Greenville Section. Member 1937
Kaminski, Henry L., (1923-2021) Taylors, SC., Greenville Section. Member 1947
Leavengood Sr., William H., (1925-2021), Greenville, SC., Greenville Section. Member 1948
Lollis, H. Eugene, (1924-2021), Greenville, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1957
Lynch, Ridgeway T., (1915-2021), Fairview, NC. Greenville Section. Member 1948
Mattingly, Jack (1943-2021), Cave Creek, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1990
Nabow, Stanley E. (1926-2021), Spartanburg, SC, Greenville Section. Member 1949
Nall, Kenneth L., (1931-2021), Greenville, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1958
Nash Jr., Thomas H. (1922-2021), Columbus, NC. Greenville Section. Member 1951
Reed, Karl F., (1921-2021), Asheville, NC, Greenville Section. Member 1944
Rice, Norman D., (1917-2021), Greenville, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1939
Teed, Richard K., (1928-2021), Greenwood, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1951
Tone, Frederick F. (1912-2021), Taylors, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1949
Wallace, Robert F. (1921-2021), Spartanburg, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1947
Webb, Richard (1961-2021), Moore, OK. Central Oklahoma Section. Member 1985
December 2021 Obituaries
Karl Geoca
Karl was a skilled engineer, successful entrepreneur, savvy investor, and committed volunteer. But what gave him the most joy was his family. He was a dedicated and deeply loved husband, brother, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend.
Karl was born in Oneida, New York. He graduated from Clarkson College and joined the U.S. Navy, ultimately reaching the rank of Lt. Cmdr. Karl met Shirley Wallace while on active duty, and they were married for 64 years.
Karl worked at Shell Oil Co. for 40 years, where he was known for foresight, skill, and mentorship. Karl served on the ASME Board of Governors from 1990 to 1992 and was chair of the Petroleum Division. ASME established the Geoca Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award is his honor.
After retirement from Shell, Karl and his son Tom took over and built up South Coast Hydraulics.
He also served on the Parish Council for the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Houston, and he was president of the AHEPA 29 Educational Foundation.
Anglin, Donald L., (1937-2021), Honolulu, HI. Hawaii Section. Member 1971
Astley, Benjamin P., (1912-2021), East Haven, CT. New Haven Section. Member 1958
Botwinik, Norman I., (1916-2021), Homden, CT. New Haven Section. Member 1943
Cannon, Dennis J., (1941-2021), College Place, WA. Columbia Basin Section, Member 1964
Chum, Ka Ping, (1950-2021), Scarborough, ON, CAN, Ontario Section, Member 1984
Connors, John W., (1923-2021), Wethersfield, CT, Hartford Section, Member 1948
Crossley, F.R. Erskine, (1915-2021), North Branford, CT, Hartford Section, Member 1944
Degiovanni, Felix, (1937-2021), Middle Village, NY. Long Island Section. Member 1967
Densmore, Robert H., (1921-2021), Ripon, CA. Mt. Diablo Section. Member 1972
Eke, Fidelis, (1944-2021), Gold River. CA. Sacramento, S N Section. Member 1977
Granata, Michael A. (1965-2021), Gilroy. CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1995
Karnkowski, Tadeusz, (1917-2021), New Haven, CT, New Haven Section. Member 1960
Lavagnino, Albert, (1920-2021), Great Falls, VA. Washington DC Section. Member 1950
Maeckel, Gene E., (1932-2021), Poth. TX, San Antonio Section. Member 1953
Mason Jr., James A., (1934-2021). Webster, NY. Rochester Section. Member 1956
McCaffray Jr., Charles E., (1939-2021), Cockeysville. MD. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1991
Nord, Erling C. (1921-2021), Killingworth, CT, New Haven Section. Member 1952
Richter, Jerry G. (1924-2021), State College, PA. Central Pennsylvania Section. Member 1954
Rose, Edgar (1926-2021), Highland Park, IL. Chicago Section, Member 1948
Vaughan III, Robert G., (1938-2021), Kensington, MD. Baltimore Section. Member 1963
Wasz, Glenn L., (1931-2021), Irvine, CA. Orange County Section, Member 1962
Wilson Jr, Mason P., (1933-2021), Punta Gorda, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1962
Yavuzkurt, Savas, (1951-2021), Lemont, PA. Central Pennsylvania Section. Member 1982
November 2021 Obituaries
James A. Mason
Jim was born and raised in Belleville, Ill. where he met his wife of over 65 years, Mary. In 1964, Jim moved his family to Webster, NY where he embarked on a 31 year decorated career with Xerox Corporation where he had held several management positions in materials and process development, advanced manufacturing engineering, plant engineering, and components manufacturing before retiring in 1995.
His passion for engineering led him to join ASME while as a student at the University of Notre Dame where he served as the treasurer and chair of the student section. This would be the start of a long and fruitful membership in ASME where he chaired numerous committees and conferences during his 65 years of association with ASME.
Jim served as Secretary and Treasurer of ASME from 1996-2001. He also held leadership positions on the Committee on Program Review from 1989-94, the Committee on Finance and Investment from 1990-96, and the Committee on Staff from 1996-2001. He was the recipient of the ASME Centennial Award in 1980, elected as a Fellow in 1992, and received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1999.
Jim served as a volunteer on ASME staff as project manager in developing career guidance for minority and women junior high school students. He also served as a charter member of the steering committee that founded ASME’s Minority Engineering Education effort.
Jim was a proud alum of the University of Notre Dame where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He later earned a graduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University.
Armenakas, Anthony E., (1924-2021), Athens 15234, GRC. No Section, Member 1967
Aung, Kendrick, (1961-2021), Beaumont, TX. Sabine Section. Member 1996
Blache, E.J., (1930-2021), Bay Saint Louis, Mobile-Gulf Coast Section. Member 1966
Cowle, Edward S., (1948-2021), Las Vegas, NV. Silver State Section. Member 1988
Flanders, Harry E., (1940-2021), Pensacola, FL. Northwest Florida Section. Member 1972
Friederichs, Jerome M., (1925-2021), Bellevue, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1950
Greene Jr., Arthur W., (1924-2021), Louisville, KY. Louisville Section. Member 1950
Iglinski, Wojciech J., (1936-2021), Toronto, ON, CAN. Ontario Section. Member 1991
Johnson, Raymond F., (1936-2021), Belmont, MA. Boston Section. Member 1959
Moses, William M., (1954-2021), Macon, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1977
Nadeau, Mary, (1945-2021), Aiken, SC. Central Savannah River Area Section. Member 1985
Orbovic, Nebojsa, (1962-2021), Ottawa, ON, CAN. Ontario Section. Member 2016
Peare, Henry J.S., (1925-2021), West Sussex, GBR. United Kingdom Section. Member 1967
Salemi, John V., (1940-2021), Kingwood, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1965
Saravanamuttoo, Hi H., (1933-2021), Ottawa, ON, CAN. Ontario Section, Member 1959
Seiner, John P., (1930-2021), West Caldwell, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1953
Tan, Chor W., (1936-2021), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1981
Taylor, Peter N., (1939-2021), Kalaheo, HI. Hawaii Section. Member 1969
October 2021 Obituaries
Chor Weng Tan
Dr. Tan was born in China on April 20, 1936. He was raised and attended primary and high school in Malaysia. After one year of college in Singapore, he continued his education in the United States, receiving his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Evansville in 1959 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Illinois in 1963.
From 1963 to 1989, Dr. Tan was associated with The Cooper Union in New York City, first as assistant professor and later as the Dean of the School of Engineering. He initiated the practice-oriented Master of Engineering program and founded the Cooper Union Research Foundation, by which students worked on and received funding for research-oriented projects for private industry.
In 1989 Dr. Tan accepted an assignment as Program Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), where he selected recipients of the Presidential Young Investigators Awards, allowing some of the nation’s best young scientists and engineers to pursue research and development in their chosen fields.
Between 1991 and 2004, Dr. Tan served as managing director for Education at ASME. He solicited numerous research and study projects from the NSF, the United Engineering Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and ASME Research Foundation. He launched the ASME Volunteer Orientation and Leadership Training Academy and convened the first national meeting of ME Department Heads, known as ASME Engineering Education Leadership Summit.
In 2005, as a consultant to ASME, Dr. Tan played an important role in taking the ASME Engineering Education Leadership Summit to China, leading to the signing of an official Agreement of Cooperation between ASME and the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.
After retiring at the end of 2005, Dr. Tan redirected his attention to charity. He initiated a project in Yunnan, China to provide scholarships to ethnic minority female students enabling them to continue their high school and college education.
Dr. Tan is survived by his wife, Yulin, and two sons.
The Tan Family has requested those who wish to express sympathy to join with them in donating to the ASME Foundation to support a scholarship in Chor’s honor. Please write “the Chor Weng Tan Scholarship” in the Designation line.
Stuart W. Cameron
Cameron rose from humble beginnings as an apprentice in John Brown’s Shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland, later to become one of the key engineers in boiler and the pressure vessel industry as chief engineer for Doosan Babcock. Upon retiring from Doonan Babcock in 2010, he was retained as a consultant until his untimely passing.
Professor Cameron was an active member of ASME having served on the Section I Committee on Power Boilers; the Sub-Group on Fabrication and Examination of Section I; vice chair of the Board on Strategic Initiatives of the Council for Standards and Certification; and chair of the McDonald Mentoring Committee. He was also a member of the Committee of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Conformity Assessment, and a member of the Council on Standards and Certification. But it was his place as the very first Scot on the ASME Board of Governors that he probably took most delight in.
Cameron was a recipient of the ASME Dedicated Service Award and was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, which is the highest engineering accolade in the UK. He served as a visiting professor to the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Strathclyde and was awarded the national honor of being a Member of the British Empire (MBE) for voluntary services to mechanical engineering and for sponsoring over one hundred young engineers to gain Chartered Engineer status. His volunteering also extended to his involvement in STEM projects with Primary Engineer, working with schools to encourage young people to pursue engineering as a career.
Ackerman, Rene J., (1937-2021), Kiawah Island, SC. Charleston Section. Member 1993
Anderson, Clayton J., (1963-2021), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1995
Anderson, Donald, (1924-2021), Swords County, Dublin, IRL. United Kingdom Section. Member 1968
Antosch, Ronald A., (1942-2021), Canton, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1976
Bailey, Fred, (1925-2021), New London, NH. Northern New England Section. Member 1949
Baker, Mary, (1944-2021), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1974
Boehm, John C., (1918-2021), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1946
Burgett, Lee W., (1939-2021), La Crosse, WI. La Crosse Section. Member 1963
Burlingham Jr., Charles M., (1928-2021), Naperville, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1952
Chapman, Dan., (1958=2021), Coquitlam, BC. British Columbia Section. Member 2012
Coffey, James F., (1926-2021), Dayton, OH. Dayton Section. Member 1952
Dosdourian, Michael J., (1945-2021), Irvine, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1999
Dowson, Duncan, (1928-2021), Leeds Ls168dq, GBR. United Kingdom Section. Member 1959
Doyle, Harry E., (1917-2021), Austin, TX. Central Texas Section. Member 1957
Eustis, John N., (1924-2021), Easton, MD. Delaware Section. Member 1949
Fish, Curtis R., (1949-2021), Memphis, TN. Memphis-Mid South Section. Member 1975
Fletcher, G. Louis, (1934-2021), Redlands, CA. California Inland Section. Member 1956
Green, Allen T., (1934-2021), Carmichael, CA. Sacramento S N Section. Member 1989
Griffith, Norman N., (1926-2021), Jacksonville, FL. Northeast Florida Section. Member 1959
Gyllstrom, Richard G., (1935-2021), Minneapolis, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1957
Iglesias, Santiago, (1932-2021), Parsippany, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1964
Iwasaki, Cedric, (1937-2021), Rolling Hills Estate, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1963
Jackson, Donald A., (1936-2021), Bradford, NH. Northern New England Section. Member 1958
Kefalos, Stanley G., (1922-2021), Plant City, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1972
Kennemer, Robert E., (1920-2021), Peoria, IL. Central Illinois Section. Member 1964
Kittredge, William R., (1922-2021), Yorba Linda, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1948
Klamecki, Barney E., (1943-2021), Minneapolis, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1971
Kline, Leo V., (1929-2021), Saratoga, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1956
Lateef, Faizan, (1951-2021), Calgary, AB, CA. Southern Alberta Section. Member 2005
Levitt, Donal J., (1926-2021), Marshall, NC. Greenville Section. Member 1954
Lewis, Bruce Neil, (1936-2021), Kennett, MO. Paducah Section. Member 1958
Lisauskas, Saul P., (1944-2021), Encinitas, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1977
Malek, Jerome W., (1926-2021), Boynton Beach, FL. Palm Beach Section. Member 1947
Mansfield, Malcolm B., (1929-2021), Bluffton, SC. Savannah Section. Member 1969
Marx, John H., (1924-2021), Queensland, AUS. Australia Section. Member 1972
McLean, Arthur, (1929-2021), Oceanside, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1960
Mende, Robert G., (1926-2021), Pompton Plains, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1968
Miller, Robert S., (1913-2021), Gladwyne, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1946
Ojha, Matadial, (1954-2021), Mississauga, ON CAN, Ontario Section. Member 1994
Over, Anthony, (1923-2021), Cockeysville, MD, Baltimore Section. Member 1949
Parker, Richard E B., (1924-2021) Doylestown, PA. Greater Trenton Section. Member 1945
Pennell Jr., Franklin H., (1936-2021), Newtown Square, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1969
Pfender, Emil, (1925-2021), Minneapolis, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1969
Quan, Dick (1925-2021), Islington, ON CAN. Ontario Section. Member 1949
Reightley, Donald R., (1930-2021), Corrales, NM. New Mexico Section. Member 1958
Roos, Charles H., (1930-2021), Glen Falls, NY. Hudson Mohawk Section. Member 1951
Root, Edmund C., (1936-2021), Oklahoma City, OK. Central Oklahoma Section. Member 1970
Sabado, Maurice M., (1941-2021), La Jolla, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1980
Seide, Paul, (1926-2021), Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1955
Smietanski, Richard A., (1948-2021), Lockport, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1974
Stieg, Robert W., (1918-2021), Cornwall, PA. Susquehanna Section. Member 1941
Stone Jr., Junius B., (1938-2021), Texarkana, TX. North Texas Section. Member 1967
Sullivan, James M., (1933-2021), Springfield, AR. Arkansas Section. Member 1969
Sundberg, Henry L., (1927-2021), Longmeadow, MA. Western Massachusetts Section. Member 1953
Tabony, John H., (1944-2021), Baton Rouge, LA. Baton Rouge Section. Member 1968
Tseng, Mitchell M., (1947-2021), Kowloon, HKG. Hong Kong Section. Member 1976
Valentin Jr., John E C., (1923-2021), Englishtown, NJ. Mid New Jersey Section. Member 1961
Wieland, David A., (1941-2021), Cedar Falls, IA. Central Iowa Section. Member 1968
Wilson Jr., James R., (1925-2021), Garberville, CA. San Francisco Section. Member 1946
Ziada, Samir R., (1949-2021), Hamilton, ON CAN. Ontario Section. Member 1984
September 2021 Obituaries
Baher, Bernard H., (1920-2021), Avon, MA. Boston Section. Member 1979
Belcher, Larry C., (1936-2021), N. Richland Hills, TX. West Texas Section. Member 1959
Benvenuto, Lew R., (1926-2021), London, ON, CAN. Ontario Section. Member 1966
Blanchard Jr., Howard J., (1934-2021), Gonzales, LA. Baton Rouge Section. Member 1956
Bode, John H., (1941-2021), Eden Prairie, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1977
Bonner, Joseph A., (1929-2021), Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Section. Member 1968
Bornemisza, Tibor G., (1930-2021), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1967
Bowling, George W., (1938-2021), Chesterfield, MO. St. Louis Section. Member 1960
Cerny, John C., (1930-2021), Atlanta, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1968
Chen, Shoei-sheng, (1940-2021), Laguna Niguel, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1972
Chervitz, Jerrold I., (1941-2021), Saint Louis, MO. St. Louis Section. Member 1964
Chevalier, James L., (1942-2021), Central Valley, NY. Mid-Hudson Section. Member 1971
Conte, Gaeton V., (1949-2021), Birmingham, AL. Birmingham Section. Member 1972
Cook, William J., (1929-2021), Downers Grove, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1963
DeVerter, Paul L., (1932-2021), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1954
Dowell, Robert W., (1929-2021), Omaha, NE. Nebraska Section. Member 1955
Drucker, Francisco, (1902-2021), Col Del Valle, MEX. Mexico Section. Member 1952
Ellis, James W., (1946-2021), Mechanicsville, VA. Central Virginia Section. Member 1969
Eppich, John D., (1936-2021), Mission Viejo, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1968
Erbland, Thomas J., (1926-2021), Amherst, NH. Northern New England Section. Member 1951
Fuqua, Jerry W., (1948-2021), Olive Branch, MS. Memphis-Mid South Section. Member 1972
Gadalla, Mohamed, (1952-2021), Sharjah, ARE. United Arab Emirates Section. Member 1987
Gainey, Richard T., (1926-2021), Torrance, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1952
Gamboa, Francisco R., (1901-2021), Santiago, CHL. Chile Section. Member 1938
Gibboney, James L., (1910-2021), Naples, FL. Florida Section. Member 1946
Hays, Donald F., (1929-2021), Waterford Township, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1962
Huber Jr., William W., (1937-2021), Westlake Village, CA. Channel Islands Section. Member 1960
Hughes, Thomas, (1934-2021), Lambertville, MI. NW Ohio Section. Member 1957
Jarett, Robert M., (1940-2021), Bradford, PA. Olean Section. Member 1963
Johnson, Martin H., (1922-2021), Elizabethton, TN. Holston Section. Member 1987
Koehn, Helmut, (1929-2021), Bethel, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1952
Kunkel, Paul, (1926-2021), Sandy, UT. Utah Section. Member 1950
Langston, W.H., (1962-2021), Lubbock, TX. Panhandle Plains Section. Member 1986
Leone Jr., Frank, (1936-2021), Los Gatos, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1958
Mack, Donald W., (1929-2021), Covington, LA. New Orleans Section. Member 1958
Mahlab, Salim S., (1919-2021), Great Neck, NY. Long Island Section. Member 1942
Manoff, Mark., (1938-2021), Seal Beach, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1966
McCabe, Warren L., (1930-2021), Rochester, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1968
Mulvey, Edward T., (1927-2021), Apex, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1949
Nickerson, Eric, (1947-2021), Milford, NH, Northern New England Section. Member 1969
Nordin, Obert L., (1918-2021), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1942
Panico, John R., (1948-2021), Lancaster, PA. Susquehanna Section. Member 1990
Patterson, Robert W., (1922-2021), Park Ridge, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1948
Perrone, Nicholas, (1930-2021), Cherry Hill, NJ. Philadelphia Section. Member 1957
Phillips, Clifford A., (1919-2021), South Pasadena, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1942
Powell, Chris D., (1949-2021), Zoar, OH. Canton-All-Mass Section. Member 1974
Quisenberry, Orval L., (1921-2021), Kingsport, TN. Holston Section. Member 1967
Rasper, Mark J., (1957-2021), Oshkosh, WI. Milwaukee Section. Member 1987
Ratcliff Jr, Edward H., (1944-2021), Cynthiana, KY. Bluegrass Section. Member 1968
Reed, Ray P., (1927-2021), Albuquerque, NM. New Mexico Section. Member 1961
Sann, Robert I., (1929-2021), Clearwater, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1955
Scheffer, Robert L., (1941-2021), Lake Alfred. FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1967
Shrader, Russell L., (1936-2021), San Antonio, TX. San Antonio Section. Member 1960
Smelewicz, Alan, (1957-2021), Charlton, MA. Worcester Section. Member 1983
Stanmore, Leon K., (1925-2021, Dallas, TX. North Texas Section. Member 1968
Stronach, Charles G., (1941-2021), Bellingham, WA. Salish Sea Section. Member 1981
Stroud, William S., (1928-2021), Kingsport, TN, Holston Section. Member 1950
Swanson, Eric W., (1938-2021), Monroe, VA. Virginia Section. Member 1977
Swenson, Donald O., (1937-2021), Overland Park, KS. Kansas City Section. Member 1967
Teer, Bill, (1934-2021), Fairfax, VA. Washington DC Section. Member 1956
Thacher, Eric F., (1936-2021), Potsdam, NY. Syracuse Section, Member 1987
Traffas, Wayne H., (1936-2021), Knoxville, TN. East Tennessee Section. Member 1959
Tyler, Wilson, (1947-2021), Manchester, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1997
Ward, Richard L., (1933-2021), Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1961
Williams, Bernard J., (1925-2021), Media, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1959
Willus, Charles A., (1942-2021), Newtown, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1972
Ziegler, Richard A., (1945-2021), Montclair, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1968
August 2021 Obituaries
.jpg?width=168&height=208&ext=.jpg)
Melvin Helmich
After serving in the 100th Engineering Division of the U.S. Army during WWII, Helmich enrolled at Purdue University in 1946. He was one of the last engineers to graduate with a degree in Railway Mechanical Engineering. Following graduation, he joined Cooper-Bessemer, and worked in their Locomotive and Marine Engine Department.
Helmich was one of two central figures in the Cooper-Bessemer/General Electric engine development program. As manager, he worked closely with James C. Rhoades, who was GE’s locomotive engine program manager from its inception in 1948.
As a result of their work, GE announced a new 7FDL engine and its first domestic diesel-electric locomotive, the U25B. The 16-cylinder engine design that Helmich and Rhoades worked on went into production in 1960 at 2500 traction horsepower and matured to 4400 by late 1993. The GE 7FDL engine is still in production today.
Helmich held numerous positions within Cooper Energy Systems over a 40-year career until his retirement in 1991.
In addition to being named a Fellow of ASME in 1975, Helmich was the recipient of the Internal Combustion Engine Award in 1971 and was presented with the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1998.
Nathan "Nate" H. Hurt
Mr. Hurt, an ASME Fellow, was an active, dedicated, and beloved member of the Society for over seventy-five years, having served in leadership roles on the General Engineering Technical Group, Management Division, Committee of Past Presidents, and Committee on Organization and Rules. He received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1994.
A licensed professional engineer, he began his career at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1947. During his 40 years with the company, he was involved in the construction and operation of plants to produce polyvinyls, polyesters, rubber chemicals and synthetic rubber. He held several engineering and plant management positions; and served as program director for the design, construction, and training of operating management for a synthetic rubber plant in Brazil for Petrobras, the Brazilian government-owned petroleum company.
When Goodyear formed a subsidiary, Goodyear Atomic Corporation, to fulfill a contract with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission for the operation of a new uranium enrichment facility, Hurt was manager of engineering during the facility design and construction. Later he was deputy general manager and, subsequently, the corporation’s president and general manager.
After retiring from Goodyear in 1987, Hurt joined Los Alamos Technical Associates in its Denver office as director of marketing and projects. His responsibilities included managing an office in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and projects at several other U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear sites. He later joined IDM Environmental Corp.’s Oak Ridge office as vice president, southeast region. In this position, he was responsible for the decontamination and demolition of facility projects at several DOE sites. He concluded his career as a consultant on uranium enrichment and radioactive cleanup.
He was also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, and a member of the American Nuclear Society, and the American Society for Engineering Management. Following his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he attended the University of Colorado where he earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
Attiani, John P., (1932-2021), Malvern, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1976
Bellinger, Lorentz D., (1908-2021), Newport News, VA. Eastern Virginia Section. Member 1929
Blose, Thomas L., (1912-2021), Houston, TX. Northwest Houston Subsection. Member 1955
Bortz, Arthur B., (1924-2021), Mohegan Lake, NY. Westchester County Section. Member 1951
Brunegraff, Bernard O, (1925-2021), Pensacola, FL. Northwest Florida Section. Member 1951
Di Taranto, Rocco A., (1926-2021), Chester, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1951
DiBoli Jr, Wallace B., (1923-2021), Saint Louis, MO, St. Louis Section. Member 1957
Dumont, Richard, (1962-2021), Acworth, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1985
Eldred, Clarence L., (1924-2021), Spring, TX. Northwest Houston Subsection. Member 1953
Fastabend, John H., (1929-2021), Richland, WA. Columbia Basin Section. Member 1966
Garside, Kenneth, (1957-2021), Annandale, NJ. Mid Jersey Section. Member 1996
Gebhart, Benjamin, (1923-2021), Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1954
Halverstadt, Robert D., (1920-2021), New Canaan, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1951
Hambleton, Warner V., (1918-2021), Spring, TX. Northwest Houston Subsection. Member 1943
Hauth, Jerry L., (1944-2021), Broken Arrow, OK. Mid Continent Section. Member 1972
Hedden, Owen F., (1930-2021), Fort Worth, TX. West Texas Section. Member 1958
Hill, Jeffrey, (1963-2021), Kinston, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1987
Hollenbach, Robert Z., (1918-2021), Lowell, MA. Boston Section. Member 1966
Hurt, Nathan H., (1921-2021), Lake Havasu City, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1947
Impagliazzo, Abraham M., (1913-2021), Walpole, MA. Boston Section. Member 1936
Kishibay, Charles O., (1920-2021), Trumbull, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1943
Knowles, Asa S. (1909-2021), Boston, MA. Boston Section. Member 1944
Law, John D., (1936-2021), Edmonton, AB CAN, Northern Alberta Section. Member 1982
Liljestrand, Walter E., (1915-2021), Houston, TX, Northwest Houston Subsection. Member 1967
Lobay, Ivan, (1911-2021), West Haven, CT. Westchester County Section. Member 1964
Macgregor, Robert K., (1940-2021), Tucson, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1968
May, Earl L., (1936-2021), Irwin, PA. Pittsburgh Section. Member 2005
McClenathan II, Robert C., (1921-2021), Westport, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1951
Milner, James L., (1934-2021), Sheridan, WY. Centennial Section. Member 1976
Neitlich, Irving M., (1917-2021), Stamford, CT, Fairfield County Section. Member 1965
Nowak, Welville B., (1921-2021), West Newton, MA. Boston Section. Member 1973
Overbagh, John S., (1917-2021), Hingham, MA. Boston Section. Member 1941
Pawlowski, Bruno J., (1919-2021), Middleton, MA. Boston Section. Member 1945
Pedell, Melvin H., (1919-2021), South Easton, MA. Boston Section. Member 1967
Remillard, Raymond J., (1917-2021), Brewster, MA. Boston Section. Member 1949
Rogers, Daniel M., (1939-2021), Melbourne Beach, FL. Canaveral Section. Member 1961
Rossettos, John N., (1932-2021), Winchester, MA. Boston Section. Member 1967
Sahm, Michael, (1957-2021), Canton, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1982
Scavullo, Joseph (1918-2021), Ventnor, NJ. Philadelphia Section. Member 1941
Sharpless. Eric (1933-2021), Newtown Square, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1958
Solorow, Russell S., (1920-2021), Bridgeport, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1943
Staszesky, Francis M., (1918-2021), Plymouth, MA. Boston Section. Member 1944
Stephenson, Revis L., (1910-2021), Shelton, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1938
Tippets, Frank E., (1927-2021), Oroville, CA. Sacramento S N Section. Member 1955
Tolman, Lee P., (1914-2021), Portsmouth, RI. Boston Section. Member 1946
Tribus, Myron., (1921-2021), Pensacola, FL. Northwest Florida Section. Member 1944
Van Wezel, Myndert, (1908-2021), Wenham, MA, Boston Section. Member 1945
Wallace, Eugene T., (1920-2021), Spring, TX, Northwest Houston Subsection. Member 1963
West, Roy J., (1929-2021), The Woodlands, TX. Northwest Houston Subsection. Member 1958
Willenbrock Jr., Arthur, (1923-2021), Ardsley, NY. Westchester County Section. Member 1952
Wisotsky Sr., Serge, (1919-2021), Sharon, MA. Boston Section. Member 1982
Wolfe, Donald B., (1930-2021), Warminster, PA. Greater Trenton Section. Member 1952
Zehnder, Jurg P., (1938-2021), Ch 8142 Uitikon, CHE, Switzerland. Switzerland Section Member 1986
July 2021 Obituaries
Alford, Lynn O., (1925-2021), Warrenton, VA. Northern Virginia Section. Member 1954
Annas, Nick S., (1943-2021), Red Hook, NY Mid-Hudson Section. Member 1976
Barkhuff, Earl D., (1926-2021), Woodbridge, VA Northern Virginia Section. Member 1955
Bond, Richard C., (1932-2021), Dakota Dunes, SD, Nebraska Section. Member 1961
Brunner, Calvin R, (1938-2021), Ashburn, VA, Washington, DC Section Member 1961
Burman Jr, Richard L, (1968-2021), Mountain Top, PA, Anthracite-Lehigh Valley Section Member 1995
Byer, Marshall, (1924-2021), Brighton, MI, Metro Detroit Section, Member 956
Campbell, Robert D., (1934-2021), Huntington Beach, CA, Orange County Section. Member 1961
Caronia, Anthony J. (1938-2021), Jackson, NJ, Mid Jersey Section. Member 1960
Charles, Emile S. (1944-2021), Port Of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago Section. Member 1970
Crissy, Franklin E., (1921-2021), Stephens City, VA, Northern Virginia Section. Member 1952
Ely, Robert G., (1934-2021), Lexington, KY, Bluegrass Section. Member 1957
Gabler, Hampton, (1954-2021), Blacksburg, VA, Virginia Section. Member 1997
Harding, John R. C., (1932-2021), Calgary, CAN, Southern Alberta Section. Member 1968
Henson, Joe M., (1935-2021), Franklin, TN, Nashville Section. Member 1969
Jacobs, Wesley S., (1937-2021), Lakeway, TX, Central Texas Section. Member 1977
King, Charles P., (1934-2021), Mississauga, CAN, Ontario Section. Member 1964
Leeper, Charles K., (1923-2021), Middletown, VA, Northern Virginia Section. Member 1967
Matuseski, Timothy, (1960-2021), Davenport, IA, Northeast Iowa Section. Member 1985
Packer, Leo S., (1920-2021), Sperryville, VA, Northern Virginia Section. Member 1941
Rizzo, Fedelio F., (1942-2021), Scarsdale, NY, Westchester County Section. Member 1974
Roberts, William B., (1944-2021), Wellington, NV, Comstock Section. Member 1974
Schild, Roy C., (1924-2021), Berryville, VA, Northern Virginia Section. Member 1949
Sharbaugh, John E., (1930-2021), Acme, PA, Pittsburgh Section. Member 1952
Trieglaff, Ralf, (1966-2021), Hamburg, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. Member 2008
June 2021 Obituaries
Ignazio Joseph "Iggy" D'Agati
Mr. D'Agati, a Life Fellow of ASME, was born in Brooklyn, NY and lived for many years in the Pine Lakes Section of Wayne. He is a graduate of NYU in New York City and went on to become a mechanical engineer. He joined ASME in 1956 and later served as vice president of ASME’s Region II from 1993-1996. He received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1999. D’Agati was a founder and partner in the engineering firm of E.D.C. Inc. of Ramsey (NJ).
D’Agati served in the US Army during World War II. He was a member of St. Mary's R.C. Church in Pompton Lakes for over 50 years and sang in the choir. D'Agati had many hobbies and interests throughout his life, but his greatest love was for his beloved wife Lucille, their six children,11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Collins, Jack A. (1929-2021), Cave Creek, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1957.
Connors, Robert L. (1927-2021), Woodstock, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1947.
Foster, Henry O. (1929-2021), Greenville, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1957.
Heimann, Werner. (1921-2021), Lincolnwood, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1948.
Jankowski, Daniel F. (1936-2021), Tempe, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1970.
Kinnavy, Martin G. (1921-2021), Warren OH. Youngstown Section. Member 1960.
Martinec, Emil L. (1927-2021), Grand Rapids, MI. West Michigan Section. Member 1951.
McCain, Zack R. Jr. (1933-2021), Norman, OK. Central Oklahoma Section. Member 1979.
Meiers, Robert. (1958-2021), Chandler, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1986.
Morton, D. Keith. (1951-2021), Idaho Falls, ID. Idaho Section. Member 1990.
Siebert, Oliver W. (1924-2021), Ballwin, MO. St. Louis Section. Member 1949.
Simitses, George J. (1932-2021), Atlanta, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1977.
Takis, George M. Jr. (1927-2021), Atlanta, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1954.
Walker, Grady C. (1925-2021), Carrollton, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1956.
Whitfield, Robert G. (1924-2021), Tucker, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1964.
May 2021 Obituaries
-4.jpg?width=319&height=259&ext=.jpg)
Calvin (Charles) Brunner
A pioneering mechanical engineer, Brunner created incinerator systems and technology for waste treatment and disposal around the world.
In a career spanning over five decades, Brunner was an expert in designing incinerators that transformed waste into energy. In the United States alone, he was involved in the existence of 90 incinerators, which kept garbage from landfills and provided energy to thousands of homes.
His vast expertise was sought after as he consulted for governments, conducted seminars, gave lectures, and served as an expert witness. His work brought him all over the world, to nearly every continent.
A prolific writer, Brunner authored 13 textbooks on incineration which are still used today, including Incineration Systems Handbook, which is considered the industry's go-to reference.
Brunner credits his high school education at Bronx Science for helping to nurture his passion for engineering, reading, and mathematics. He earned degrees from the City College of New York and Penn State University.
Determined to give opportunities to future Bronx Science students, in 2016 he sponsored The Brunner Awards which provides financial stipends to students to pursue dreams they never imagined were possible.
Brunner is survived by his loving wife, Claire, and their three daughters.
Brown, David. (1937-2021), Sun City Center, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 2013.
Chamberland, Francis W. (1941-2021), Mystic, CT. New London Section. Member 1980.
Jordan, Duane. (1935-2021), Lubbock, TX. Pandhandle Plains Section. Member 1958.
Kemper, John D. (1924-2021), Medford, OR. Williamette Valley Section. Member 1955.
Kenyon, Richard A. (1933-2021), Hardy, VA. Virginia Section. Member 1966.
Lancey, Timothy W. (1939-2021), Fullerton, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1971.
Morrison, Bertram L. (1923-2021), Oakland, CA. San Francisco Section. Member 1953.
Reid, Karl N. Jr. (1934-2021), Stillwater, OK. Central Oklahoma Section. Member 1964.
Ryba, Thomas C. (1955-2021), Crown Point, IN. Chicago Section. Member 1980.
Smith, Gary D. (1945-2021), Hunstville, AL. Member 1981.
Tucchio, Michael A. (1936-2021), Lyme, CT. New London Section. Member 1988.
Vago, George J. (1929-2021), West Orange, NJ. North New Jersey section. Member 1965.
Zelvin, Norman Y. (1929-2021), Eastchester, NY. Westchester County Section. Member 1951.
April 2021 Obituaries
Gary David Smith died on April 17, 2021, in his hometown of Tullahoma, Tenneesee. He was 76 years old.
Smith was one of the founders of ASME’s Highland Rim Section and held several leadership positions at the local, regional and national levels of the Society. For six years he was secretary of the regional operating board overseeing ASME activities in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
In 1985, he served as an ASME Congressional Fellow and spent the year in Washington, D.C., as a science and engineering advisor to the Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd. In 1988, Smith was awarded the ASME Meritorious Service Citation. He went on to serve as ASME Regional Vice President and as chair of ASME’s National Membership Development Committee.
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he spent his childhood in Madison, Ind. and came to Tullahoma in 1963 as a co-op student from the University of Cincinnati. Upon graduating with a degree in Aerospace Engineering, he joined the ETF Research Branch at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC). He then moved to the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) as a graduate student, receiving his Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1971. While at UTSI he led a research section in the Energy Conversion Program and progressed over his 22 year career to become the Director of the Coal Fired Flow Facility and later the Special Assistant to the Dean.
Smith eventually left UTSI to become Special Assistant to the Vice President of Research as well as Director of Governmental Relations at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
Gary Smith is survived by his wife, Mary Alice, his three siblings, two sons, and seven grandchildren.
(Source: Tullahoma News – April 21, 2021)
Arnerich, Paul F. (1911-2021), Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1969.
Ballentine, Allen P. (1921-2021), Atlantic Beach, FL. Northeast Florida Section. Member 1949.
Barkel, Donald J. (1934-2021), Zeeland, MI. West Michigan Section. Member 1990.
Blackwell, Neal E. (1955-2021), Fort Belvoir, VA. Washington DC Section. Member 1993.
Bodlaender, Hans W. (1909-2021), Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1950.
Bommarito, Isadore (1937-2021), Plymouth, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1961.
Cron, Erich L. (1938-2021), Palisade, CO. Colorado Section. Member 1960.
Davis, Timothy (1959-2021), Valhermoso Springs, AL. North Alabama Section. Member 2006.
Douglass, John Jr. (1927-2021), Wildwood, MO. St. Louis Section. Member 1950.
Egermeier, Robert P. (1927-2021), Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1957.
Falstad, Robert D. (1931-2021), Sterling, VA. Washington DC Section. Member 1959.
Fisher, Oscar J. (1921-2021), Akron, OH. Akron Section. Member 1973.
Groff, Gerald C. (1934-2021), Cazenovia, NY. Syracuse Section. Member 1965.
Guinane, Jerry P. (1931-2021), Omaha, NE. Nebraska Section. Member 1950.
Hawes, Raymond G. (1927-2021), Cheshire, CT. New Haven Section. Member 1950.
Hinton, Charles L. (1907-2021), Fredonia, NY. Buffalo Section. Member 1930.
Hosteny, Joseph N. (1945-2021), Chicago, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1967.
Howell, Bennet D. (1925-2021), Siloam Springs, AR. Arkansas Section. Member 1950.
Kenfield, Kenneth R. (1924-2021), Cincinnati, OH. Cincinnati Section. Member 1950.
Ker, Alan W. (1922-2021), Buffalo, NY. Buffalo Section. Member 1945.
King, Francis K. (1941-2021), Portland, OR. Oregon Section. Member 1968.
Larson, Nils I. (1932-2021), Phoenix, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1958.
Leung, Paul (1923-2021), Glendale, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1953.
Lloyd, Robert R. (1917-2021), Newark, DE. Delaware Section. Member 1940.
Marshall, Charles A. (1941-2021), West Linn, OR. Oregon Section. Member 1968.
Martinez, Medardo M. (1931-2021), Missouri City, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1963.
Mosteller, William C. (1912-2021), Monrovia, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1949.
Neitz, John J. (1927-2021), Rochester, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1952.
Newland, David E. (1936-2021), Essex CB10 ISH. United Kingdom Section. Member 1963.
Ohl, Richard H. (1935-2021), Wind Lake, WI. Milwaukee Section. Member 1958.
Osborn, Henry H. (1926-2021), Lewisburg, PA. Central Pennsylvania Section. Member 1950.
Pejovic, Stanislav T. (1933-2021), Mississuaga, ON. Ontario Section. Member 1984.
Poore, William H. (1926-2021), Tulsa, OK. Mid Continent Section. Member 1962.
Reisbig, R. Luther (1938-2021), Shepherdstown, WV. Baltimore Section. Member 1960.
Roberts, Daniel M. (1930-2021), Concord, CA. Mt. Diablo Section. Member 1968.
Schumacher, Brian D. (1944-2021), Alameda, CA. San Francisco Section. Member 1973.
Scott, William J. (1924-2021), Waterloo, IA. Central Iowa Section. Member 1948.
Shanklin, III Richard V. III (1937-2021), McLean, VA. Washinton DC Section. Member 1959.
Stephens, Eugene G. Jr. (1919-2021), Novato, CA. San Francisco Section. Member 1945.
Storch, Dana H. (1928-2021), Corvallis, OR. Williamette Valley Section. Member 1951.
Stowe, Douglas D. (1939-2021), Barrington, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1976.
Thomas, Dr. Frank A. (1924-2021), Beaumont, TX. Sabine Section. Member 1947.
Thorman, Baxter L. (1935-2021), Tulsa, OK. Mid Continent Section. Member 1961.
Vickry, William C. (1931-2021), Greenwell Springs, LA. Baton Rouge Section. Member 1960.
Wallis, Ronald N. (1938-2021), Navarre, FL. Northwest Florida Section. Member 1960.
Walton, Richard (1973-2021), Wakefield, UK. United Kingdom Section. Member 2013.
White, John J. III (1939-2021), Columbus, OH. Central Ohio Section. Member 1978.
Wilson, Ronald L. (1933-2021), Durham, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1958.
Wittemann, Ross G. (1929-2021), Chicago, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1963.
Wong, Victor W. (1952-2021), Cambridge, MA. Boston Section. Member 1979.
Yontar, Mehmet (1924-2021), Berkeley Heights, NJ. Mid Jersey Section. Member 1953.
Zimmer, George A. (1921-2021), Ithaca, NY. Southern Tier Section. Member 1948.
March 2021 Obituaries
Bennet, Edwin R. II (1946-2021), Big Bear City, CA. California Inland Section. Member 1968.
Blanton, James O. (1927-2021), Cincinnati, OH. Cincinnati Section. Member 1951.
Brunt, William R. Jr. (1935-2021), Fort Erie, ON. Ontario Section. Member 1959.
Campbell, Olin R. Jr. (1934-2021), Philippi, WV. West Virginia Section. Member 1956.
Codiga, Richard M. (1937-2021), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1958.
D’amico, Julian Jr. (1932-2021), Mooresville, NC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1957.
Danielson, Lincoln V. (1929-2021), Seekonk, MA. Boston Section. Member 1976.
Dixon, John J. (1911-2021), Charlotte, NC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1963.
Glassett, Roger M. (1954-2021), Merced, CA. Fresno-Madera Subsection. Member 1984.
Griffin, Michael. (1959-2021), Kingsport, TN. Holston Section. Member 1998.
Kam, Hon K. (1941-2021), Burlington, MA. Boston Section. Member 1985.
Knoedler, Elmer L. (1912-2021), Cornelius, NC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1941.
Kowalski, Sylvester J. (1929-2021), Punta Gorda, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1951.
May, Sherman. (1939-2021), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1970.
McDonald, James P. (1940-2021), Farmington Hills, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1970.
Nelson, Alan R. (1945-2021), Rockford, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1967.
Papazian, Jack. (1930-2021), Upper Saddle River, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1952.
Piness, George Jr. (1926-2021), Mill Valley, CA. San Francisco Section. Member 1950.
Raven, Francis. (1928-2021), South Bend, IN. St. Joseph Valley Section. Member 1958.
Sessions, Doyle B. Jr. (1940-2021), Huntsville, AL. North Alabama Section. Member 1976.
Sills, Titus O. (1911-2021), Kannapolis, NC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1936.
Sorensen, Donald R. (1931-2021), Westminster, CO. Colorado Section. Member 1959.
Steinhauser, Anton L. (1914-2021), Charlotte, NC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1955.
Vohtz, Erik. (1929-2021), Dallas, TX. North Texas Section. Member 1959.
Walter, William C. (1935-2021), San Clemente, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1971.
Wilson, Charles J. (1934-2021), Cleveland Heights, OH. Member 1964.
Wirta, Roy W. (1921-2021), La Mesa, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1957.
Wolff, Thomas P. (1927-2021), Johnstown, PA. Pittsburgh Section. Member 1961.
February 2021 Obituaries
Ames, Robin W. (1982-2021), Morgantown, WV. West Virginia Section. Member 2017.
Bail, Marvin A. (1933-2021), Saint Paul, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1959.
Ball, Jeffrey. (1961-2021), Castle Rock, CO. Colorado Section. Member 2003.
Berger, Ronald J. (1944-2021), Lakewood, CO. Colorado Section. Member 1973.
Caruso, John. (1966-2021), Rosemont, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1988.
Capodice, Thomas J. (1934-2021), Chesterson, IN. St. Joseph Valley Section. Member 1990.
Craighead, Don. (1934-2021), Saint Paul, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 2016.
Danielsen, Arvid M. (1947-2021), Warrenton, VA. Northern Virginia Section. Member 1968.
Edsall, Wallace D. (1930-2021), Oakmont, PA. Member 1978.
Ehrenbeck, Raymond. (1930-2021), Sterling, VA. Washington DC Section. Member 1953.
Ehrhart, Robert. (1923-2021), Sacramento, CA. Sacramento S N Section. Member 1950.
Gulati, Suresh T. (1936-2021), Elmira, NY. Southern Tier Section. Member 1965.
Jordan, Duane. (1935-2021), Lubbock, TX. Panhandle Plains Section. Member 1958.
Key, William E. (1941-2021), Escondido, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1980.
Niemi Jr., Eugene. (1939-2021), Lowell, MA. Boston Section. Member 1986.
Peterson, Raymond L. (1972-2021), Peabody, MA. Boston Section. Member 1972.
Puckett, Loyd. (1928-2021), Social Circle, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1963.
Reckley, Samuel E. (1936-2021), Lavale, MD. Baltimore Section, Member 1973.
Short, Robert. (1964-2021), Corvallis, OR. Williamette Valley Section. Member 1964.
Vajk, Hugo. (1928-2021), New Port Richey, FL. Florida Section. Member 1953.
Ward, Charles W. (1935-2021), Rogers, AR. Arkansas Section. Member 1966.
Zachan, Paul H. (1952-2021), Santa Ana, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1952.
January 2021 Obituaries
Duane Paul Jordan
Dr. Jordan received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering all from Stanford University. After graduating in 1961, his engineering career began at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in California. In 1964, he and his family moved to Lubbock where he began his career at Texas Tech University.
Dr. Jordan dedicated his life to teaching and advancing mechanical engineering technology. His work with the Ford Motor Company resulted in more efficient energy production, and ultimately, better gas mileage for us all. He was an early pioneer of developing technologies that conserve energy for a cleaner tomorrow.
His passion for teaching transformed the way his students learned thermodynamics and heat transfer processes. His teaching methods were highly organized and often developed from scratch. Teachers typically use examples from textbooks, but Dr. Jordan took the time to create his own examples. By doing this, he showed his students real-world applications of thermodynamic concepts.
Dr. Jordan’s service as a volunteer with ASME began in 1973 as a faculty advisor.
He was a member of the Archimedes Club, Chair of the Committee of Membership, Chair of the Old Guard Early Career Award Committee, Vice Chair of the Old Guard Committee and a recipient of a 1988 Dedicated Service Award. He was also a member the engineering honor societies Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi, as well as Sigma Xi, and Phi Beta Kappa.
The friendships he made from his years with Texas Tech and ASME were very important to him throughout his life.
His passions and hobbies also included photography, music, sailing, camping, fishing, and traveling with family and friends.
He is survived by his beloved wife Patricia of 39 years, his two daughters, Beth (Gary) Staley and Cathy (Dave) Alt, his five grandchildren, Katie (Jonathan) Warren, Amie (Tommy) Henly, Stephen Waters, Tommy Staley, and Chell Staley, his two great-grandchildren, and his four stepsons Mark, David, John, and Peter Griffith, and their families.
Argon, Ali S. (1930-2020), Belmont, WA. Boston Section. Member 1998.
Borovec, Ronald B. (1947-2020), Bothell, WA. Salish Sea Section. Member 1980.
Boykin, James H. (1918-2020), Senoia, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1976.
Brittain, Joe P. (1942-2020), Sarasota, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1966.
Burket, Thomas B. (1949-2020), Huntington, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1997.
Coleman, William H. (1930-2020), Doylestown, PA. Greater Trenton Section. Member 1953.
Cook, Noel. (1937-2020), Royal Oak, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1990.
Dale, James. (1939-2020), Edmonton, AB. Northern Alberta Section. Member 1971.
Dittrich, Earnest C. (1944-2020), Lithia, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1977.
Dorman, Thomas E. (1936-2020), Keene, NH. Green Mountain Section. Member 1959.
Fredriksen, Russell E. (1929-2020), Fayetteville, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1951.
Goldman, Charles B. (1925-2020), Ballwin, MO. St. Louis Section. Member 1954.
Hardin, William O. (1921-2020), Norcross, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1956.
Harpster, Joseph W. (1932-2020), Westerville, OH. Central Ohio Section. Member 2000.
Hornak, John P. (1939-2020), Vienna, VA. Washington DC Section. Member 1966.
Hunton, Bobby A. (1954-2020), Bowling Green, KY. Louisville Section. Member 1980.
Laredo, Rafael. (1950-2020), Daphne, AL. Mobile-Gulf Section. Member 1976.
Loeffler Jr., Frank J. (1942-2020), La Marque, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1974.
McConville, James B. (1944-2020), Ann Arbor, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1980.
Meier, George H. (1920-2020), Norcross, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1974.
Niedbalski, Nicholas. (1987-2020), Springfield, OH. Dayton Section. Member 2012.
Pettis, Charles R. Jr. (1924-2020), Macon, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1947.
Robertson, David E. (1943-2020), Lombard, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1965.
Ross, H Lee. (1927-2020), Oakland City, IN. Louisville Section. Member 1966.
Schimmel, Warren R. (1934-2020), Conway, SC. Pee Dee Section. Member 1958.
Welch, Robert M. (1936-2020), Falmouth, ME. Northern New England Section. Member 1961.
Willis, Jerry. (1944-2020), Macon, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 2011.
Zaloum, Richard J. (2020), New York, NY. Metropolitan Section. Member 2001.
Zbib, Hussein. (1958-2020), Pullman, WA. Inland Empire Section. Member 1985.
December 2020 Obituaries
Reginald I. Vachon
Dr. Vachon, an ASME Fellow, was an active, dedicated, and beloved member of the Society for more than half a century, having served in leadership roles on numerous councils and committees. He was a recipient of the ASME Dedicated Service Award, and in 2019 was bestowed the ASME Medal, the Society’s highest award for eminently distinguished engineering achievement.
His career as an engineer, executive, and lawyer spanning more than six decades exemplified his passion and enthusiasm for the profession of engineering. Among his many affiliations, Reggie, as he was affectionately known, served as chairman of Vachon Global, an Atlanta-based multidisciplinary company serving, industry, government, and business. He also held positions as an R&D engineer with E.I. DuPont, an aerospace engineer with Thiokol and NASA, and design engineer for Hayes Aircraft.
Dr. Vachon was a registered Professional Engineer in six states and a licensed European Engineer. He was a licensed U.S. Coast Guard captain and active in the U.S. Army Reserve for over 30 years retiring with the rank of Colonel. He conducted research and development projects on behalf of the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration, the National Science Foundation, and other agencies. He served on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, and as resident engineer and constructor for the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He was a licensed attorney and a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Among his many international associations he served as president of the Pan American Academy of Engineering, vice president for the Pan American Union of Engineering Organizations (UPADI), and as a board member and vice president of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO).
Dr. Vachon held the position of endowed chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Auburn University and was an adjunct professor at Purdue University. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. in Nuclear Science while attending the U.S. Naval Academy and Auburn University and received his Ph.D. in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He earned his law degree (LL.B.) from Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Alabama. He was a graduate of the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the United States National Defense University.
“Any success that I’ve ever had has always been because of other people…I think that the greatest impact that I’ve had, if any, has been to encourage people to think and to reach beyond their perceived limits, because thinking leads to innovation; innovation leads to contributions to humanity and the environment.” (Reggie Vachon, Nov.11, 2019)
Dr. Vachon is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Mary Eleanor, their two children, and two grandchildren.
The Vachon Family has requested that donations can be made to the ASME Foundation in Reggie’s honor via this link, by indicating “in memory of Reggie Vachon” on the Designation line.
.jpg?width=148&height=200&ext=.jpg)
Charles O. Velzy
Velzy, born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1930, studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he obtained a BSc in mechanical engineering in 1953, a MSc in sanitary engineering in 1959, and a BSc in civil engineering in 1960.
He started his career at the engineering services company of Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy as Senior Design Engineer in 1957, and later served as Project Engineer from 1959 to 1966. From 1966 to 1976 he was secretary treasurer of Charles R. Velzy Associates, Inc., and president from 1976 to 1987. From 1987 to 1992 he served as vice president of Roy F. Weston Inc., after which he became a private consultant and president of Charles O. Velzy, P.E. in the field of waste treatment and disposal.
In 2007, Velzy received the Distinguished Service Award from the ASME Materials & Energy Recovery Division. He served in leadership for the Society's Solid Waste Processing Division and Research Committee on Industrial and Municipal Waste. In 1976, he was elected a Fellow of ASME, and in 2005, he was chosen as an Honorary Member of the Society.
Charles Velzy is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Marilyn, their three children and eight grandchildren.
Araya, Pedro Berrios. (1949-2020), Santiago, Chile. Chile Section. Member 2010.
Carper, Larry. (1950-2020), Friendswood, TX. Apollo Subsection. Member 1978.
Cook, Donald. (1960-2020), Oakland, CA. San Francisco Section. Member 2004.
Deitrich, L. Walter. (1938-2020), Naperville, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1961.
Eaton, Harvill C. (1948-2020), Mount Juliet, TN. Nashville Section. Member 1985.
Gillespie, David. (1943-2020), Olathe, KS. Kansas City Section. Member 1966.
Maples, Crill. (1931-2020), Lincoln, CA. Sacramento S N Section. Member 1958.
Parker, Alan R. (1946-2020), Vancouver, BC. British Columbia Section. Member 1998.
Schwartz, Marvin P. (1928-2020), Grayslake, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1953.
Storz, John T. (1931-2020), Seattle, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1952.
Stull, Frank D. (1931-2020), Boca Raton, FL. Palm Beach Section. Member 1953.
Szabo, Thomas. (1963-2020), Long Beach, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1995.
Vachon, William A. (1941-2020), Manchester, MA. Boston Section. Member 1986.
Wandke, Norman E. (1927-2020), Glen Ellyn, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1927.
November 2020 Obituaries
Bar-Cohen, Avram (1946-2020), College Park, MD. Washington DC Section. Member 1968.
Barber, Ronald B. (1933-2020), Lawrenceville, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1955.
Berkholtz, Nicholas E. (1928-2020), Minnetonka, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1960.
Bookmyer, Raymond F. (1914-2020), Cincinnati, OH. Cincinnati Section. Member 1940.
Bueing, Darin (1980-2020), Teutopolis, IL. St Louis Section. Member 1999.
Chappell, William G. (1916-2020), Tarpon Springs, FL. Florida Section. Member 1938.
Ehrman, Chester S. (1931-2020), Basking Ridge, NJ. Mid Jersey Section. Member 1968.
Eustis, Robert H. (1920-2020), Los Altos, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1953.
Gallo, John F. (1932-2020), Sierra Vista, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1955.
Harris, Robert D., (1926-2020), Owensboro, KY. Louisville Section. Member 1962.
Jensen, Joel (1957-2020), Redwood City, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 2000.
Kummerlen, Norman M. (1944-2020), Lorain, OH. Cleveland Section. Member 2001.
Lavalliere, J. A. (1925-2020), St. Bruno, QC. Quebec Section. Member 1959.
Morris, Marcus L. (1946-2020), Katy, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1977.
Mueller, Edwin L. (1921-2020), Johns Island, SC. Charleston Section. Member 1980.
Olsen, Daniel J. (1962-2020), Plainview, NY. Long Island Section. Member 1984.
Rutkowski, Stanley W. (1920-2020), Longwood, FL. Florida Section. Member 1959.
Shah, Pravin G. Ahmedabad, Gujarat. India Section. Member 2017.
Sutton, George P. (1920-2020), Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1975.
Sworin, David (1948-2020), San Antonio, TX. San Antonio Section. Member 1988.
Watt, John R. (1914-2020), Atlanta, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1936.
Woodcock, Sidney J. (1931-2020), Schenectady, NY. Hudson Mohawk Section. Member 1969.
Yang, Kwang-tzu (1928-2020), Granger, IN. St Joseph Valley Section. Member 1956.
October 2020 Obituaries
Thomas M. Barlow
An ASME Fellow, Barlow was a strong supporter and leader in student outreach, membership development, technology and engineering diversity. In the area of student outreach, he served as a judge in student paper competitions and played a key role in developing ASME’s university Human-Powered Vehicle Challenge.
During his 40-year distinguished career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Barlow served in a number of management and leadership positions before retiring in 2000. His professional interests included instrumentation, energy storage systems and machine tool technology, as well as project and program management. He was the recipient of the ASME Advanced Energy Systems Division Award and co-authored several papers, including “Benefits of Energy Storage Technologies” published in 1984.
Barlow served as the site manager of the Mechanical Energy Storage Technology Project of the U.S. Department of Energy from 1977 to 1981. He also served as a mechanical engineer, specializing in aircraft structures, while on active duty at the U.S. Air Force Research and Development Command at Wright-Patterson Air Base in Ohio from 1957 to 1960.
During his association with ASME, Barlow served within the local, regional, and technical division structures, including participation on the Council on Engineering, the Public Information Operating Board, Committee on Organization and Rules and the Editorial Advisory Board of Mechanical Engineering magazine. He was also a recipient of an ASME Dedicated Service Award.
In addition to ASME, Barlow had been a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society for Engineering Management, and served on the Engineering and Computer Science Research Advisory Council at the California State University at Fresno.
Barlow attended Washington State University and received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering in1957. He also earned an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University in 1985.
Stanley, Becker E. (1928-2020), Knoxville, TN. East Tennessee Section. Member 1952
.
Bower, George R. (1935-2020), Arnold, MD. Baltimore Section. Member 1963.
Buinewicz, Benedict R. (1930-2020), Phoenixville, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1966.
Chow, Kun-man. (1948-2020), Amherst, NY. Buffalo Section. Member 1979.
Decker, Louis O. (1937-2020), Branchburg, NJ. Mid Jersey Section. Member 1987.
Giblett, David R. (1933-2020), Pinellas Park, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1961.
Grady, James A. (1933-2020), Apopka, FL. Florida Section. Member 1997.
Hammond, Frank H. (1928-2020), Highland, UT. Utah Section. Member 1953.
Heiser, Richard S. (1928-2020), Lilburn, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1948.
Landis, John W. (1917-2020), Roanoke, VA. Virginia Section. Member 1967.
Lindquist, Ronald N. (1940-2020), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 2017
.
Lure, Ojar. (1936-2020), State College, PA. Central Pennsylvania Section. Member 1960.
McNees, John W. (1929-2020), Columbus, NC. Greenville Section. Member 1951.
Miller, Robert I. (1929-2020). Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Section. Member 1968.
Nicholas, John A. (1923-2020), Springfield, VA. Washington DC Section. Member 1950.
Odom, Susan L. (1953-2020), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1978.
Pearson, Tage B. (1907-2020), Saint Augustine, FL. Florida Section. Member 1944.
Reggiori, Adolfo (1938-2020). Milan, Italy. Italy Section. Member 1973.
Schildermans, Jos. (1944-2020), Genk, Belgium. Belgium Section. Member 2013.
Shaver, Frank T. (1929-2020). Potomac Falls, VA. Washington DC Section. Member 1959.
Sims, Roger. (1943-2020), Highland, IN. Chicago Section. Member 1981.
Sissom, Leighton E. (1934-2020), Cookeville, TN. Nashville Section. Member 1965.
Studer, Charles E. (1947-2020), Spokane, WA. Inland Empire Section. Member 1977.
Sundstrom, Ernest D. (1930-2020), Athens, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1958.
Womersley, George. (1922-2020) Bennington, VT. Green Mountain Section. Member 1949.
Yeager, David L. (1935-2020), Silver Lake, OH. Akron Section. Member 1959.
Zyszkowsi, Leopold H. (1925-2020), Plainview, NY. Long Island Section. Member 1957.
September 2020 Obituaries
Baly, John E. (1940-2020), Rochester, NY. Rochester Section. Member 1963
Benn, Douglas H. (1929-2020), Kanata, Ontario, CAN. Ontario Section. Member 1958
Ellsworth, Michael Jr. (1962-2020), Lagrangeville, NY. Mid Hudson Section. Member 1988
Irwin, Wayne L. (1935-2020), Hot Springs, AR. Arkansas Section. Member 1963
Kamber, Robert S. (1926-2020, Kingsport, TN. Holston Section. Member 1952
Kar, Malay K. (1945-2020), Waterloo, IA. Central Iowa Section. Member 1974
Lesikar, James D. II. (1954-2020), Severna Park, MD. Baltimore Section. Member 1977
Lis, Chester G. (1940-2020), Vernon Hills, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1963
Love, Benjamin F. (1931-2020), Weatogue, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1953
McGahan, Wallace A. (1926-2020), Cutchogue, NY Long Island Section. Member 1967
Mulford, Richard A. (1930-2020), Malvern, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1952
Railey, David C. (1948-2020), Cincinnati, OH. Cincinnati Section. Member 1986
Rapp, Edward G. (1920-2020), High Point, NC. Carolina Section. Member 1947
Rielly, William R. (1926-2020), Oakland, CA. San Francisco Section. Member 1963
Rogers, Donald J. (1936-2020), Huntersville, NC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1959
Saunders, Stephen (1945-2020), Humble, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1969
Scheibel, Robert F. (1923-2020), Arlington Heights, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1955
Schmitt, Hubert A. (1932-2020), Lake Stevens, WA. Salish Sea Section. Member 1957
Simpson, Harry W. (1930-2020), West Springfield, MA. Western Massachusetts Section. Member 1958
Stamper, Eugene (1928-2020), Teaneck, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1955
Strack, William C. (1937-2020), Strongsville, OH. Cleveland Section. Member 1979
Taini, John (1910-2020), Scottsdale, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1951
Weese, John A. (1933-2020), Annapolis, MD. Baltimore Section. Member 1962
Whistle, Joy W. (1919-2020), Verona Beach, NY. Mohawk Valley Section. Member 1950
Wolford, James C. (1920-2020), Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Section. Member 1948
August 2020 Obituaries
Joseph A. Kapp
Dr. Kapp, a Fellow and Life Fellow of ASME, practiced high pressure vessel engineering for 42 years mostly at Benet Labs as a government employee, Elmhurst Research where he served as president while he taught engineering as an adjunct professor at Union College (Schenectady, NY), and ExxonMobil Belgium/USA.
Joe Kapp was a devoted and beloved member of his community and served as mayor of Rensselaer, NY in 1990, and on the Board of Trustees for Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY.
He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Union College, and his doctorate in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY).
Dr. Kapp is survived by his wife and five children.
Ali, Sy (1927-2020), Plainfield, IN. Central Indiana Section. Member 1962
Armistead, Robert (1949-2020), Waldwick, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1971
Asadi, Asad (1946-2020), Bettendorf, IA. Northeast Iowa Section. Member 1989
Ayza, Juan R. (1933-2020), Mexico Df, Mexico. Mexico Section. Member 1978
Baker, James C. (1918-2020), Austin, TX. Central Texas Section. Member 1943
Basinski, Leonard R. (1932-2020), Powell, OH. Central Ohio Section. Member 1958
Bolin, Richard D. (1938-2020), Mount Zion, IL. Central Illinois Section. Member 1961
Carr, J David (1920-2020), Woodstock, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1948
Cole, Charles Jr. (1945-2020), Allentown, PA. Anthracite-Lehigh Valley Section. Member1967
Cook, James B. (1927-2020), Chesterfield, MO. St. Louis Section, Member 1951
Coulter, Donald E. (1932-2020), Temple, TX. North Texas Section. Member 1967
Coursen, Richard C. (1925-2020). Tupper Lake, NY. Syracuse Section. Member 1960
Doiron. , Harold H. (1941-2020). Pearland, TX. Texas Gulf Coast Group, Member 1981
Donaldson, Alfred E. (1935-2020). Derby, KS. Central Kansas Section. Member 1964
Evans, John W. Jr. (1942-2020). Ferrisburgh, VT. Green Mountain Section. Member 1968
Faulkner, Alva R. (1926-2020). Silver Spring, MD. Washington DC Section. Member 1975
Friel, John C. (1938-2020) Dalmuir, Scotland. United Kingdom Section. Member 1974
Gebben, Vernon D. (1934-2020), Holland, MI. West Michigan Section. Member 1969
Gibbs, Edward E. (1924-2020), Wilmington, NC. Coastal Carolina Section. Member 1951
Goldberg, Arthur (1939-2020), Morris Plains, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1960
Greenwald, Edmund W. (1932-2020), Cincinnati, OH. Cincinnati Section. Member 1960
Hafner, Ronald S. (1945-2020), Livermore, CA. Mt. Diablo Section. Member 2002
Hampton, Roy W. (1945-2020), Cupertino, CA, Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1968
Harman, Arthur B. (1937-2020), Cordova, TN. Memphis-Mid South Section. Member 1969
Hicks, Tyler G. (1921-2020), Rockville Center, NY. Long Island Section. Member 1951
Hillis, William F. (1965-2020), Swansea, SC., Midlands Section. Member 1988
Hudson, Kenneth C. (1932-2020), Lincolnshire, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1961
Jones, Ralph D. (1933-2020), Hurricane, WV. West Virginia Section. Member 1962
Kalfopulos, Athanasios F. (1926-2020), West Yarmouth, MA. Boston Section. Member 1952
Kannady, Roy E. Jr (1939-2020), Littleton, CO. Colorado Section. Member 1963
Leff, Martin J. (1934-2020), New York, NY. Metropolitan Section. Member 1971
Leitch, John (1929-2020), Midland, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Section. Member 1958
Lorch, Fred W. (1948-2020), Bridgeport, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1984
Lowell, Francis C. Jr. (1939-2020), Falmouth, MA. Boston Section. Member 1975
Lubowe, Anthony G. (1937-2020), San Marcos, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1958
Lyman, Peter T. (1930-2020), Pasadena, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1957
Marks, Robert A. (1931-2020), Baton Rouge, LA. Baton Rouge Section. Member 1954
McClintock, Ralph B. (1924-2020), Litchfield, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1953
Miles, George N. (1917-2020), Leesburg, FL. Florida Section. Member 1943
Mortensen, Gerald R. (1934-2020), Reiles Acres, ND. Minnesota Section. Member 1957
Pannell, Melvin C. (1922-2020), Knoxville, TN. East Tennessee Section. Member 1949
Parmenter, Wallace W. (1937-2020), Waldport, OR. Williamette Valley Section, Member 1961
Pierce, William C. (1929-2020), Oxnard, CA. Channel Islands Section, Member 1971
Pletka, Joseph M. (1936-2020), Omaha, NE. Nebraska Section, Member 1959
Plossl, Keith (1945-2020), Marietta, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1968
Powers, Wallace F. (1918-2020), Waterford, CT. New London Section. Member 1983
Pulito, Dominick M. (1923-2020), Oldsmar, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1946
Quo, Phillip C. (1930-2020), Palo Alto, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1966
Resnansky, Wasili (1944-2020), Darien, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1976
Rinkewich, Isaac R. (1924-2020), Hightstown, NJ. Greater Trenton Section. Member 1959
Roseman, Richard J. (1917-2020), Rahway, NJ. Mid Jersey Section. Member 1938
Shang, Ting-lin (1918-2020), Bellevue, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1958
Simmons, Henry T. (1925-2020), Warwick, RI. Boston Section. Member 1978
Slepow, Leon D. (1925-2020), Oviedo, FL. Florida Section. Member 1952
Snyder, Bruce E. (1927-2020), Nokomis, FL. Florida Section. Member 1951
Stackhouse, Wilson (1923-2020), Evergreen, CO, Colorado Section. Member 1950
Stelling, Douglas J. (1951-2020), Wyckoff, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1975
Thorne, Wayne (1921-2020), Hope, ID. Inland Empire Section. Member 1960
Van Der Velden, Alex (1961-2020) Atlanta, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1995
Vaughn, William O. (1940-2020), Gainesville, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1963
Westphal, Douglas H. (1940-2020), Sugar Land, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1964
Whitener, Charles C. III (1949-2020), Abilene, TX. West Texas Section. Member 1980
Wicks, William, A. (1930-2020), Des Moines, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1955
Winans, William J. (1934-2020), Chagrin Falls, OH. Cleveland Section. Member 1960
Zador, Andrew T. (1930-2020), New York, NY. Metropolitan Section. Member 1965
Zumpano, Francis R. (1943-2020), South Windsor, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1965
July 2020 Obituaries
Gum, William B. (1924-2020), Fairfield, CA. San Francisco Section. Member 1954
Halec, Richard G. (1935-2020), Pawleys Island, SC. Pee Dee Section. Member 1956
Jamison, Charles E. (1942-2020) Dellslow, WV. Pittsburgh Section. Member 1967
Johnson, Bruce V. (1935-2020), Manchester, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1963
Klein, John F. (1944-2020), Littleton, CO. Colorado Section. Member 1978
Lott, Robert L. (1936-2020), Nashville, TN. Nashville Section. Member 1963
Mijares, Ernest R. (1939-2020) Dhaka, Bangladesh, Orange county Section. Member 1967
Mroszczyk, John (1955-2020), Danvers, MA. Boston Section, Member 1979
Onyewuenyi, Oliver A. (1952-2020), Katy, TX. South Texas Section, Member 1996
Orsborn, Kjell B. (1960-2020), Vange, Sweden, Sweden Section, Member 1997
Staats, Allan W. (1938-2020), Morristown, NJ, North Jersey Section, Member 1963
Strodtman, Carl L. (1919-2020), Grand Rapids, MI. West Michigan Section. Member 1967
Terry, Michael R. (1940-2020), Monroe, WA. Salish Sea Secttion. Member 1963
Tabenkin, Alexander N. (1933-2020), Natick, MA. Member 1992
June 2020 Obituaries
Michael Gold
Gold received his B.S. in Physics and Master of Engineering (metallurgy) degrees from Yale University, followed by additional graduate work at Cornell and Case Western Reserve universities.
After graduate school, Mike moved to Alliance, Ohio in 1965, to work at Babcock & Wilcox’s Alliance Research Center. He transferred to B&W’s Boiler Division in Barberton in 1970, where he worked until his retirement in 2002, mostly as Manager of Materials Technology and Standards. He was co-author of three U.S. patents and was the author or co-author of 23 technical papers.
His many ASME honors included the ASME J. Hall Taylor Medal and election as an ASME Fellow.
After retirement from B&W in 2002, Gold worked for 12 more years as a metallurgical consultant, mostly for Babcock & Wilcox and Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metals Corp.
On April 12, 2019, he was presented the Distinguished Service to Industry Award by the Yale Science and Engineering Association. The citation readis “In recognition of his commitment to the safety and standardization of multiple materials and components in the high pressure steam and boiler industry, for his leadership in that industry, and for the lasting impact he has made on his peers”.
Carey, John H. (1941-2020), Stuart, FL. Palm Beach Section, Member 1968
Chapman, Frederick I. (1923-2020), Greenville, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1947
Conley, Indumathi (1973-2020), Boston, MA. Boston Section. Member 2014
Dave, Janak (1949-2020), Florence, KY, Cincinnati Section. Member 1980
Dresden, Anton (1915-2020), Lake Oswego, OR, Oregon Section, Member 1951
Ezzard, Henry S. (1925-2020), Columbus, NC. Greenville Section. Member 1950
Garst, Kenneth (1961-2020), Peotone, IL. Chicago Section. Member 2006
Gold, Michael (1938-2020), Louisville, OH. Canton-All Mass Section. Member 1973
Johnson, Harry T. (1939-2020), Omaha, NE. Nebraska Section, Member 1966
Johnson, Norman A. (1938-2020), Delta, BC, Canada, British Columbia Section. Member 1977
Kayton, Myron (1934-2020) Santa Monica, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1955
Lindberg, Andrew E. (1942-2020), Allen, TX. North Texas Section, Member 1964
Schultz, Donald (1952-2020), Southfield, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 2017
Spring, John W. (1942-2020), Chardon, OH. Cleveland Section. Member 1964
Stanton, Jr., George B. (1926-2020), Essex Fells, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1965
Winget Jr., Leon E. (1933-2020), Columbus, OH. Central Ohio Section. Member 1975
Wynot, William A. (1922-2020), Signal Mountain, TN. Chattanooga Section, Member 1964
May 2020 Obituaries
John Elter (1941-2020)
John Elter, Ph.D.
Dr. Elter was president of Sustainable Systems LLC, a management consulting firm in Latham, N.Y., specializing in strategy, technology, and product development for sustainable systems. He had served as president of the company since 2008. Prior to heading Sustainable Systems, Elter had been the Empire Innovation Professor of Nanoengineering and executive director of the Center for Sustainable Ecosystem Nanotechnologies at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany. His academic research focused on the development of nanomaterials, structures and devices for clean water, and efficient energy generation, conversion and storage.
Before joining the faculty at SUNY Albany, Elter worked from 2001 to 2008 at Plug Power, where he served as chief technology officer and led the company's advanced fuel cell systems development efforts. Elter had previously spent more than 30 years at Xerox Corporation, where he held such executive leadership roles as vice president and chief engineer of strategic programs.
Elter, who was an ASME Fellow, also held a number of noteworthy leadership position at ASME during his 27 years of membership. In addition to being a member of the Board of Governors, a post he held from 2012 to 2015, he served on the ASME Industry Advisory Board from 1993 until 2018 and was IAB chair from 1998-2001.
In addition, Elter served on the ASME Foundation Board as director from 2004-2010 and chair from 2008-2009. He was also a member of the Board on Government Relations from 2008-2010. He received the ASME Dixy Lee Ray Award for environmental protection in 2001 and the Society’s Dedicated Service Award in 2004.
Elter earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, a master's degree in mechanical engineering from New York University, and a Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace sciences from the University of Rochester, where he had been named a Distinguished Alumnus.
Banthiya, Narendra Kumar (1937-2020), Jaipur, India. India Section. Member 2009.
Davis, Dennis (1940-2020), Long Beach, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 1995.
Hendry, Wickliffe B. (1918-2020), Huntsville, AL. North Alabama Section. Member 1940.
Ingram, Allan E. (1953-2020), Beaverton, OR. Oregon Section. Member 1998.
Leitch, John D. (1918-2020), Hunt, TX. San Antonio Section. Member 1966.
April 2020 Obituaries
Louis Hayden (1944-2020)
ASME Fellow Louis Emory Hayden, Jr., P.E., former vice president of Standards & Certification for ASME, passed away Feb. 27, 2020, at the age of 76. Hayden, a resident of Bethlehem, Pa., had worked for approximately 15 years as a mechanical engineer at Victaulic Company of America, Easton, Pa., and served as divisional operations manager at the time of his retirement in 2001. Before joining Victaulic, he had worked as a mechanical engineer at Tube Turns Inc., in Louisville, Ky., and Brown & Root in Houston, and had served for 10 years as an adjunct professor at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa.
Hayden was an admired and influential member of the ASME Codes and Standards community during his distinguished career. He served in numerous Codes and Standards leadership positions, including vice president, Standards & Certification; chair, vice chair and member of the ASME Board on Pressure Technology Codes and Standards; chair and vice chair of the B31 Code for Pressure Piping Standards Committee; chair, vice chair and member of the B31 Executive Committee; chair of the B31.12 Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines Section Committee; and member of the Codes and Standards Board of Directors. In recognition of his invaluable service to the Society, Hayden received the ASME Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal in 2009.
Austin, Jere J. (1923-2020), Cupertino, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1946.
Bradley, George A. (1930-2020), Stratford, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1954.
Casey, John Paul (1930-2019), Cincinnati, OH. Cincinnati Section. Member 1977.
Cort, George Edward (1937-2020), Montrose, CO. Colorado Section. Member 1978.
Dellinger, Timothy D. (1956-2019), York, PA. Susquehanna Section. Member 1978.
Drake, Robert M., Jr. (1920-2020), Lexington, KY. Bluegrass Section. Honorary Member/Fellow 1933.
Gall, Joseph M. (1946-2019), Oxford, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1971.
Spoonamore, Richard (1935-2020), Tucson, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1957.
Tallent, Wallace (1944-2019), Seymour, IN. Central Indiana Section. Member 1967.
Trezek, George J. (1937-2019), Danville, CA. Mt. Diablo Section. Fellow 1965.
Voelcker, Herbert B. (1930-2020), Ithaca, NY. Southern Tier Section. Fellow 1973.
March 2020 Obituaries
Argo, L. Wesley (1935-2019), Newtown Square, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1982.
Barlik, Felix J., Jr. (1947-2019), Gilmanton Iron Works, NH. Northern New England Section. Member 1970.
Flegel, Mayo F. (1931-2020), Mankato, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1988.
Jeerings, Carl (1933-2020), Ogden, UT. Utah Section. Member 1985.
Nehrenz, Alvin F. (1922-2019), Timonium, MD. Baltimore Section. Member 1954.
Sikora, Robert D. (1927-2019), Little Falls, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1955.
Tally, Delbert R. (1937-2020), Peoria, IL. Central Illinois Section. Member 1963.
February 2020 Obituaries
Anderson, Thomas L. (1930-2019), Thousand Oaks, CA. Channel Islands Section. Member 1975.
Attaway, Stephen W. (1963-2019), Sandia Park, NM. New Mexico Section. Fellow 1987.
Aymonin, John A. (1929-2019), Vero Beach, FL. Canaveral Section. Member 1952.
Bakos, Frank (1949-2019), Maryville, TN. East Tennessee Section. Member 2012.
Bentz, Robert D. (1936-2018), Pensacola, FL. Northwest Florida Section. Member 1970.
Bond, William H. (1922-2018), Encinitas, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1946.
Broom, Jeffrey L. (1946-2019), Waitsburg, WA. Columbia Basin Section. Member 1976.
Budynas, Richard G. (1940-2019), Canandaigua, NY. Rochester Section. Member 1973.
Burke, Steven A. (1951-2019), Champlin, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1978.
Chen, Tze-ning (1929-2019), Stamford, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1973.
Cihak, Frank J. (1938-2018), Alexandria, VA. Washington D.C. Section. Member 1963.
Cumpton, Cecil K. (1932-2018), Newton, IA. Central Iowa Section. Member 1961.
Davis, Daniel L. (1939-2018), Montgomery, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1965.
Degler, Gerald H. (1934-2019), Colorado Springs, CO. Colorado Section. Member 1982.
Flinn, William S. (1925-2018), Sarasota, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1945.
Gaffin, Norman H. (1930-2019), Cinnaminson, NJ. Greater Trenton Section. Member 1956.
George, Paul E. (1922-2019), Chattanooga, TN. Chattanooga Section. Member 1946.
Glover, Rodney C., Jr. (1932-2019), St. Petersburg, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1986.
Haimov, Haim (1934-2019), Huntington Beach, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1963.
Hainz, Leonard C., II (1949-2018), Albany, OR. Williamette Valley Section. Member 1974.
Hartmann Hansen, Tore O. (1933-2019), Bethlehem, PA. Anthracite-Lehigh Valley Section. Member 1964.
Hill, Robert R. (1924-2018), Port Charlotte, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1948.
Holt, H. Robb (1928-2019), Rochester, NY. Rochester Section. Member 1951.
Jaeger, Benjamin E. (1929-2019), Bristol, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1958.
Johnson, Leo R. (1955-2019), Sugar Land, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1978.
Kephart, John T., Jr. (1925-2018), West Chester, PA. Philadelphia Section. Fellow 1948.
Kolano, Frank (1923-2019), Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Section. Member 1951.
Kuhl, Kermit D. (1935-2019), Lancaster, PA. Susquehanna Section. Member 1957.
Lapeyre, Pierre A. (1934-2019), Houma, LA. New Orleans Section. Member 1957.
Lauridsen, Warren H. (1926-2019), Bensenville, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1951.
Machemehl, Leroy H., Jr. (1937-2019), Austin, TX. Central Texas Section. Member 1961.
Magnus, Bruno E. (1938-2019), Saugerties, NY. Mid-Hudson Section. Member 1961.
Marsh, Richard L. (1941-2018), Springfield, MO. Kansas City Section. Member 2006.
Newacheck, Richard L. (1923-2019), Lafayette, CA. Mt. Diablo Section. Member 1949.
Nichols, Clayton F. (1917-2018), Mercer Island, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1946.
Peacy, Jon L. (1936-2018), Mundelein, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1969.
Peterka, Jon A. (1941-2019), Fort Collins, CO. Centennial Section. Member 1970.
Porter, William B., Jr. (1925-2019), Matthews, NC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1946.
Raye, Alexander H. (1918-2018), Falmouth, ME. Northern New England Section. Member 1940.
Rollinger, Charles N. (1934-2019), Saint Joseph, MI. St. Joseph Valley Section. Member 1961.
Simon, James J. (1929-2018), West Hartford, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1951.
Smith, Larry C. (1935-2019), New Berlin, WI. Milwaukee Section. Member 1983.
Smith, William S. (1941-2018), Midlothian, VA. Central Virginia Section. Member 1977.
Soosaar, Jaan (1933-2018), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Section. Member 1958.
Tang, Yin M. (1939-2018), Irvine, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1975.
Taylor, Thomas S. (1931-2019), Dawsonville, GA. Atlanta Section. Member 1967.
Thomas, William B. (1918-2019), Mexico Beach, FL. Chattahoochee Section. Fellow 1945.
Waid, Robert L. (1929-2019), Sunnyvale, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1952.
Weber, Gerald E. (1962-2019), Naperville, IL. Fox Valley Section. Fellow 1985.
January 2020 Obituaries
Allmendinger, Paul F. (1922-2018), Evans, GA. Central Savannah River Area Section. Fellow 1961.
Brna, Theodore G. (1933-2018), Bailey, NC. East North Carolina Section. Fellow 1958.
Crotts, Marcus B. (1931-2019), Winston-Salem, NC. Carolina Section. Fellow 1953.
Fenstermaker, Roy E. (1936-2018), Winlock, WA. Puget Sound Section. Member 1958.
James, William C. (1942-2018), Sapulpa, OK. Mid-Continent Section. Member 2000.
Stolfi, Fred R. (1951-2019), Shrub Oak, NY. Westchester County Section. Member 1993.
December 2019 Obituaries
Amos, George (1948-2019), Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Southern Alberta Section. Member 1972.
Armentrout, Harold D. (1931-2019), Cedar Rapids, IA. Northeast Iowa Section. Member 1964.
Baker, Charles N. (1935-2019), Timberlake, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1960.
Bianchi, Ralph A. (1928-2018), Glen, NH. Northern New England Section. Member 1968.
Coulter, Neal (1950-2019), Tallahassee, FL. Tallahassee Section. Member 1987.
DeNagel, Stephen F. (1939-2019), Lyons, NY. Rochester Section. Member 1963.
Fleshman, James W. (1928-2019), Martinsburg, WV. Baltimore Section. Member 1962.
Jorgensen, Robert (1926-2019), Buffalo, NY. Buffalo Section. Fellow 1970.
Keith, Gareth A. (1932-2019), Gainesville, FL. Northeast Florida Section. Member 1958.
Lingo, Alfred A. (1914-2019), Stockton, CA. Mt. Diablo Section. Member 1958.
Marion, Alexander (1948-2019), Severna Park, MD. Baltimore Section. Member 1999.
Michelhaugh, Thomas A. (1934-2019), Portage, MI. Central Michigan Section. Fellow 1958.
Osman, Mohamed O. M. (1936-2019), Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada. Quebec Section. Fellow 1967.
Sampson, Burl (1959-2019), Humble, TX. South Texas Section. Member 2019.
Sloane, Barry (1952-2019), Lewes, DE. Delaware Section. Member 1975.
Strbuncelj, Zlatko (1949-2019), Avon, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1995.
Wagner, David E. (1951-2019), Angola, IN. St. Joseph Valley Section. Member 1979.
Wonsever, Josef A. (1950-2019), Severn, MD. Baltimore Section. Member 2008.
November 2019 Obituaries
Woodie Flowers (1943-2019)
Woodie Flowers
Argo, L. Wesley (1935-2019), Newtown Square, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1982.
Bleiweis, Alfred (1927-2019), Wilmington, NC. Coastal Carolina Section. Member 1988.
Blenko, Walter J., Jr. (1926-2019), Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Section. Member 1950.
Breed, Allen (1922-2019), Saratoga, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1947.
Cassolato, Bradley M. (1955-2018), Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Southern Alberta Section. Member 1985.
Crivellone, Alex (1919-2019), Nutley, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 2006.
Daus, Cayetano (1933-2018), Las Vegas, NV. Silver State Section. Member 1969.
Dobbins, David P. (1942-2018), Shelby, NC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1974.
Dooley, Matthew J. (1954-2019), Granby, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1978.
Dougall, Richard S. (1937-2019), Glenshaw, PA. Pittsburgh Section. Member 1963.
Drzewiecki, Ronald F. (1942-2019), Williamsville, NY. Buffalo Section. Member 1966.
Fath, Perry M. (1962-2019), West Friendship, MD. Baltimore Section. Member 1987.
Feldman, Jerome P. (1937-2018), Bethesda, MD. Washington D.C. Section. Member 1980.
Flower, Franklin B. (1924-2019), Oyster Bay, NY. Long Island Section. Member 1968.
France, Howard B. (1925-2019), New Hope, PA. Greater Trenton Section. Member 1946.
Furley, Willard R. (1928-2018), Texas City, TX. Apollo Subsection. Member 1946.
Gamblin, Charles R. (1935-2019), Grant, AL. North Alabama Section. Member 1969.
Goss, Lester W. (1928-2019), Chandler, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1969.
Grossi, Richard J. (1935-2019), Wallingford, CT. New Haven Section. Member 1957.
Heman, Melvin M. (1932-2018), Levasy, MO. Kansas City Section. Member 1967.
Hill, Dennis A. (1949-2018), Hudsonville, MI. West Michigan Section. Member 1972.
Huebner, Ernest A. (1924-2018), Utopia, TX. San Antonio Section. Member 1947.
Langebrake, Clair O. (1926-2019), Waverly, OH. Cincinnati Section. Member 1951.
Lin, Chin H. (1942-2018), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1982.
Lyon, Richard H. (1929-2019), Winchester, MA. Boston Section. Member 1967.
Norquist, Warren E. (1931-2018), Alexandria, VA. Washington D.C. Section. Member 1962.
O’Daniel, James (1969-2019), Vicksburg, MS. Mississippi Section. Member 2012.
Ohlson, John F. (1940-2019), Ambler, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1966.
Pace, Jeff B. (1956-2019), Newport News, VA. Eastern Virginia Section. Member 1984.
Potter, Allen C. (1931-2019), Torrington, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1958.
Rhea, Lyle G. (1932-2018), Rolla, MO. St. Louis Section. Member 1959.
Roberson, James E. (1929-2019), Greenville, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1951.
Rowland, John R. (1925-2018), Weston, CT. Fairfield County Section. Member 1954.
Sarinopoulos, George A. (1932-2019), Oklahoma City, OK. Central Oklahoma Section. Member 1976.
Schrenk, Walter J. (1933-2018), Bay City, MI. Saginaw Valley Section. Member 1956.
Sharaf-Eldeen, Yahya I. (1946-2019), Indialantic, FL. Canaveral Section. Member 1988.
Sheps, Martin I. (1931-2018), Poway, CA. San Diego Section. Member 1957.
Smith, Newton A., III (1964-2019), Claremont, NC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1986.
Sopp, George A. (1927-2019), Sequim, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1953.
Stoffel, Edward O. (1925-2019), San Luis Obispo, CA. Central Coast Section. Member 1950.
Stuart, James D. (1945-2019), Mount Clare, WV. West Virginia Section. Member 1968.
Suellentrop, James H. (1947-2018), St. Louis, MO. St. Louis Section. Member 1972.
Vandeventer, Thomas O. (1944-2018), Madison, VA. Northern Virginia Section. Member 1972.
Workman, Joseph B. (1934-2018), Berkeley, CA. San Francisco Section. Member 1956.
Related Content
