Obituaries
Jan 4, 2021
The ASME News Obituaries section is a monthly listing of ASME members who have recently passed away. 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 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.
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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
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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
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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.
October 2019 Obituaries
Abbott, Jack Wilson (1937-2018), Vienna, VA. Washington D.C. Section. Member 2008.
Balcerzak, Marion J. (1933-2018), Winnetka, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1956.
Bordelon, Thomas R. (1941-2018), Alexandria, LA. North Texas Section. Member 1964.
Chivers, Ronald C. (1937-2019), Banner Elk, NC. Greenville Section. Member 1970.
Conkey, David R. (1922-2019), Edina, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1957.
Davison, Ellison L. (1927-2019), Gibsonia, PA. Pittsburgh Section. Fellow 1966.
Dippery, Richard E., Jr. (1942-2019), Flint, MI. Saginaw Valley Section. Member 1965.
Dunsmoor, William A. (1938-2018), Scarborough, ON. Ontario Section. Member 1984.
Hancock, Deryl (1958-2019), Lee’s Summit, MO. Kansas City Section. Member 2018.
Hardie, Jack E. (1937-2018), Conroe, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1971.
Hedding, Dale P. (1939-2019), Grand Blanc, MI. Saginaw Valley Section. Member 1965.
Howell, Harvey L. (1926-2018), Walpole, MA. Boston Section. Member 1951.
Kirkland, William G. (1938-2018), Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Section. Member 1963.
Langley, Rolland A. (1931-2018), Middleburg, VA. Washington D.C. Section. Member 1959.
Leech, Robert L. (1923-2019), Stillwater, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1946.
Luzzi, Theodore E. (1927-2019), Saint Joseph, MI. St. Joseph Valley Section. Member 1951.
Mahoney, William (1947-2019), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1971.
McGreenery, Paul A., Jr. (1926-2019), Scituate, MA. Boston Section. Member 1953.
Prewitt, Charles E. (1947-2018), New Orleans, LA. New Orleans Section. Member 1970.
Robedeau, Frank C., Jr. (1942-2018), Sullivan, MO. St. Louis Section. Member 1966.
Salcudean, Martha E. (1934-2019), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Section. Member 1979.
Schoch, Clinton B. (1923-2019), Elkton, FL. Northeast Florida Section. Member 1950.
Urban, Robert L. (1930-2018), Las Cruces, NM. New Mexico Section. Member 1952.
Webster, Gary D. (1945-2019), Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Section. Member 1991.
Wellborn, William G. (1946-2019), Silsbee, TX. Sabine Section. Member 1974.
Wissel, Charles K. (1923-2019), Leawood, KS. Kansas City Section. Member 1949.
September 2019 Obituaries
Richard T. Jacobsen (1941-2019)
Richard Jacobsen
Mary T. Drouin (1953-2019)
ASME member Mary T. Drouin, an active and dedicated member of ASME’s Nuclear Codes and Standards community, recently passed away at the age of 66. Drouin, a resident of Kensington, Md., had more than 30 years of experience in the nuclear field, most recently holding the position of senior program manager/advisor at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where worked since 1992. She led several important studies at the NRC, including the Regulatory Review Task Force, which provides guidance for the development of a graded approach to probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), and Regulatory Guide 1.200, which provides guidance for the technical acceptability of a PRA and endorses the ASME and American Nuclear Society PRA standards. One of Drouin’s chief accomplishments during her years as an ASME Nuclear Codes and Standards volunteer was her vital role as key intermediary between ASME and the American Nuclear Society and NRC in the development and adoption of the first PRA standard, which subsequently became a joint ASME/ANS standard. In recognition of her efforts, Drouin was named the 2009 recipient of the ASME Bernard F. Langer Nuclear Codes and Standards Award, which honors contributions to the nuclear power plant industry through the development and promotion of ASME Nuclear Codes and Standards or the ASME Nuclear Certification Program. Drouin was a member of numerous ASME codes and standards committees, including the Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management (JCNRM) Executive Committee, the JCNRM Subcommittee On Standards Development, JCNRM Advanced Light-Water Reactor (ALWR) Writing Group ― Small Module Reactor Subgroup, the JCNRM SC-SM Working Groups Part 1, 2 and 5, the Standards Committee on Nuclear Risk Management (CNRM) Executive Committee, and the CNRM Joint Standard Configuration Control Project Team. She received a number of honors from the NRC, including the Meritorious Service Award in 2002, as well as certificates of recognition and commendation from ASME and ANS. She received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976.
Andersen, David R. (1955-2018), Downers Grove, IL. Fox Valley Section. Member 1987.
Burris, Roy E. (1923-2019), Rio Verde, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1950.
Burt, Lawrence S. (1918-2019), Broomfield, CO. Colorado Section. Member 1940.
Crowley, James (1953-2019), Midlothian, VA. Eastern Virginia Section. Member 1993.
Deneen, William G. (1968-2018), Buffalo, MN. Minnesota Section. Member 1989.
Filippi, Richard E. (1932-2019), Allentown, PA. Anthracite-Lehigh Valley Section. Member 1957.
Franssen, Edwin R. (1928-2018), Bridgewater, NJ. Mid Jersey Section. Member 1952.
Gurney, John (1941-2018), New York, NY. Metropolitan Section. Member 2018.
Kucejko, Richard M. (1945-2018), Troy, MI. Metro Detroit Section. Member 1968.
Lariviere, Jo-Ann (1947-2019), North Haledon, NJ. North Jersey Section. Affiliate 2001.
Lord, Richard E., Jr. (1950-2019), Braintree, MA. Boston Section. Member 1975.
Lutchansky, Milton (1932-2019), Ledgewood, NJ. North Jersey Section. Member 1960.
Miller, Kenneth Y. (1947-2019), Clemmons, NC. Piedmont-Carolina Section. Member 1971.
Miner, Harlow J., Jr. (1931-2019), Severna Park, Md. Baltimore Section. Member 1953.
O'Brien, Walter (1937-2019), Blacksburg, VA. Virginia Section. Fellow 1965.
Popgoshev, Daniel (1951-2018), Patuxent River, MD. Washington D.C. Section. Member 1977.
Quist, Robert J. (1922-2019), Columbus, OH. Central Ohio Section. Member 1967.
Reading, Walter H. (1923-2019), Media, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member. 1952.
Rees, Alfred L. (1944-2019), Scotch Plains, NJ. Mid Jersey Section. Member 1972.
Renkey, Edmund J., Jr. (1940-2019), Kellogg, ID. Inland Empire Section. Member 1979.
Spekkens, William (1942-2019), Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Section. Member 1980.
Starrett, Gary D. (1945-2018), Winter Park, FL. Florida Section. Member 1967.
Tunstall, Tim (1956-2018), Chicopee, MA. Western Massachusetts Section. Member 2005.
August 2019 Obituaries
Robert Plunkett (1919-2019)
Robert Plunkett
July 2019 Obituaries
Aghasi, Paul (1986-2019), Fort Wright, KY. Cincinnati Section. Student Member 2016.
Appl, Fredric C. (1932-2018), Manhattan, KS. Kansas City Section. Member 1954.
Bouchelle, William T., Jr. (1942-2019), Somers, CT. Hartford Section. Member 1964.
Caldwell, James L. (1937-2018), Austin, TX. Central Texas Section. Member 1958.
Dideon, Charles G. (1937-2018), Moneta, VA. Virginia Section. Member 1973.
Dola, Frank P. (1931-2018), Williston, FL. Northeast Florida Section. Member 1972.
Mason, John (1923-2019), Palos Verdes Estates, CA. Los Angeles Section. Member 2004.
Miles, Danny (1956-2019), Everett, WA. Salish Sea Section. Member 1981.
Munson, Michael J. (1959-2019), Ridgecrest, CA. San Fernando Valley Section. Member 1995.
Overton, Robert T., III (1936-2019), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1958.
Radzyniak, Michael L. (1940-2019), Carriere, MS. Mississippi Section. Member 1963.
Ribaud, Howard J. (1926-2019), Cary, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1964.
Roncevich, John E. (1935-2018), Greenville, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1975.
Schmidt, Thomas C. (1947-2019), Riviera Beach, FL. Palm Beach Section. Member 1987.
Shinn, Kenny (1952-2019), Spring Lake, NJ. Mid Jersey Section. Member 2013.
Sirotkin, George V.B. (1918-2018), Milwaukee, WI. Milwaukee Section. Member 1941.
Spaetgens, Theodore W. (1921-2018), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Section. Member 1966.
Stafford, Harold L. (1939-2019), Clearwater, KS. Central Kansas Section. Member 1967.
Wilson, David Gordon (1928-2019), Winchester, MA. Boston Section. Member 1956.
Zimmerman, Edwin H. (1944-2019), Seven Valleys, PA. Susquehanna Section. Member 1992.
June 2019 Obituaries
Pandeli Durbetaki (1928-2019)
ASME Fellow Pandeli “Lee” Durbetaki, Ph.D., of Sandy Springs, Ga., passed away on March 27, 2019, at the age of 90. Dr. Durbetaki was professor emeritus at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, where he directed the research of 54 graduate students; authored or co-authored more than 100 journal publications, conference papers and research reports; and was a member of the Georgia Tech team that engineered the 1996 Olympic relay torch. Durbetaki had previously served as a faculty member at the University of Rochester from 1954-1960 and as an instructor at Michigan State University from 1960-1964, where he also received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. His research had primarily concerned the fields of stratified charge operation of spark ignition engines, irreversible thermodynamics, and homogeneous and heterogeneous ignition of fuels. Durbetaki had consulted on issues related to the flammability of carpets, injury from tar explosion, fire hazard criteria for noise control products in underground coal mines, manufacture of roofing material, and the design and testing of traction-type transmission. He was an ardent supporter of the graduate fellowship/scholarship program at the University of Rochester, where he instituted the Durbetaki Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering in 1990 and was a member of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Visiting Committee since 1998. A member of ASME for more than 65 years, Durbetaki served the Society in a number of capacities including member of the Board on Professional Development, treasurer and member of the Old Guard Committee, member of the Distinguished Lecturer Program, and vice president of ASME’s former Region XI. He received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1998.
James M. Allen (1935-2019)
ASME Fellow James M. Allen of Richmond, Va., passed away on Jan. 11, 2019, at the age of 83. Allen spent 30 years as a mechanical engineer with Westinghouse Electric Corp., where he worked on gas turbines and was involved in the design and development of the W251 and W501 product lines and the advancement of design technology for blading, rotors and hot-section components. In 1987, he joined the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), where he managed R&D projects on gas-turbine management until his retirement in 2001. He also worked as an independent consultant focusing on gas-turbine failure analysis and remaining life issues. After graduating from Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Va., Allen received a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
May 2019 Obituaries
Barber, David G. (1944-2018), Hopedale, MA. Worcester Section. Member1966.
Garrison, Walter R. (1926-2019), Rose Tree, PA. Philadelphia Section. Member 1995.
Lazar, Jeffrey A. (1953-2019), Bethlehem, PA. Anthracite-Lehigh Valley Section. Member 1976.
Lee, Robert (1952-2019), Charlottesville, VA. Central Virginia Section. Member 1975.
Olsen, John H. (1939-2019), Vashon, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1966.
Olson, David E. (1953-2018), LaGrange Park, IL. Chicago Section. Member 1982.
Ott, Johann A. (1940-2019), Layton, UT. Utah Section. Member 1966.
Riemke, Richard A. (1944-2019), Huntington Beach, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1980.
Rhodes, Hollace F. (1950-2018), Redmond, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1984.
Smith, James K. (1957-2018), Bonney Lake, WA. Western Washington Section. Member 1987.
Whelchel, Mark A. (1954-2019), Cayucos, CA. Central Coast Section. Member 1986.
April 2019 Obituaries
Callahan, John W. (1923-2018), Largo, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1958.
Huet, Roland (1955-2019), Menlo Park, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1989.
Schneider, Franz K. (1933-2018), Lumberton, NJ. Greater Trenton Section. Member 1994.
March 2019 Obituaries
Addy, Alva L. (1936-2018), Spearfish, SD. Nebraska Section. ASME Honorary Member/Fellow.
Husted, Stanley G. (1930-2018), Dalton, OH. Canton-Alliance-Massillon Section. Member 1930.
Thompson, Robert G. (1938-2018), San Diego, CA. San Diego Section. Fellow 1962.
Vermes, Geza (1922-2019), Palo Alto, CA. Santa Clara Valley Section. Member 1958.
February 2019 Obituaries
Memis Acar (1951-2018)
Memis Acar, Ph.D., D.Sc., associate dean and professor of mechanics at Loughborough University in England and former leader of the ASME Europe District, passed away on Aug. 8, 2018, at the age of 67. A professor in the School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering at Loughborough, Dr. Acar rose through the ranks at the university from research associate to professor after receiving his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering there in 1984. He later received a D.Sc. in textile machinery and engineering from Manchester University in 2010. Acar’s research interests included air and water jets in textile processing and biomechanical modeling. He was also greatly involved in vehicle safety systems research, including the development of car seat and head restraint designs for the prevention of whiplash. A member of ASME for more than 20 years, Acar was an active and dedicated volunteer of the Society. In addition to serving as leader of the ASME Europe District from 2012 to 2015, he served as a member of the Global Communities Operating Board from 2012 to 2015, chair of the United Kingdom Section from 2007 to 2010, and vice chair of the United Kingdom Section from 2006 to 2007. Originally from Turkey, Acar received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, in 1973, and his master’s degree in textile technology from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 1979.
Allen, James M. (1935-2019), Henrico, VA. Central Virginia Section. Fellow 1957.
Baumann, Nelson P. (1928-2018), Fountain Hills, AZ. Arizona Section. Member 1958.
Canonico, Domenic (1930-2018), Signal Mountain, TN. Chattanooga Section. Fellow 1977.
Clark, Yvonne Y. (1929-2019), Mount Juliet, TN. Nashville Section. Member 1972.
Collins, James (1929-2018), Mission Viejo, CA. Orange County Section. Member 1957.
Eitel, William W., Jr. (1922-2018), Hockessin, DE. Delaware Section. Member 1944.
Herman, Sanford (1931-2018), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 1953.
Janco, Albert N. (1926-2019), Oklahoma City, OK. Central Oklahoma Section. Member 1949.
Riekert, Louis A. (1935-2018), Pasadena, TX. Apollo Subsection. Member 1975.
Robertson, John C. (1932-2018), Simpsonville, SC. Greenville Section. Member 1990.
Wilhelm, Wilbur F., Jr. (1922-2018), Hidden Hills, CA. San Fernando Valley Section, Member 1943.
January 2019 Obituaries
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George Hatsopoulos (1927-2018)
ASME Honorary Member and Fellow George N. Hatsopoulos, thermodynamics expert, senior lecturer emeritus and co-founder of Thermo Electron Corporation, passed away Sept. 20 at the age of 91. Dr. Hatsopoulos, who hailed from Athens, Greece, began his studies at the National Technical University of Athens before moving to the United States and continuing his education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a bachelor’s degree, a Master of Science degree, a Master of Engineering degree, and a doctorate in mechanical engineering. After receiving his doctorate in 1956, Hatsopoulos both joined the MIT faculty and co-founded analytical instruments and services provider Thermo Electron with Peter Nomikos. He was named a senior lecturer at MIT in 1962, a title he retained until his retirement in 1990. He co-authored the influential textbook, Principles of General Thermodynamics, which was published in 1965, as well as two volumes on thermionic energy conversion in the 1970s. In 1996, Hatsopoulos was selected as the winner of the John Fritz Medal, which is widely considered to be the most prestigious U.S. engineering accolade. The following year, he received the Third Annual Heinz Award in Technology, the Economy and Employment. Hatsopoulos was named an Honorary Member of ASME in 1996 and received the Society’s Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal in 1960. He also served as a Trustee of the ASME Foundation from 1998 to 2011 was chair of the ASME Energetics Technical Division in 1968-69.
Anderson, John W., Jr. (1923-2017), Russellville, AR. Arkansas Section. Member 1957.
Benge, Chester B., Jr. (1928-2018), Houston, TX. South Texas Section. Member 2014.
Broster, David E. (1928-2018), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Section. Member 1952.
Carr, Robert (1936-2018), New Braunfels, TX. San Antonio Section. Member 1965.
Christian, Frank G., Jr. (1935-2018), Raleigh, NC. East North Carolina Section. Member 1965.
Cox, Jack E. (1922-2018), Palm Harbor, FL. Florida West Coast Section. Member 1970.
Fox, Fred A. (1919-2018), Anacortes, WA. Salish Sea Section. Member 1949.
Franklin, Ben (1931-2018), Louisville, KY. Louisville Section. Member 1997.
Harris, Stanley C. (1945-2018), Richmond, VA. Central Virginia Section. Fellow 1968.
Klingensmith, Paul S. (1946-2018), Hunker, PA. Pittsburgh Section. Member 2015.
Marlo, Joseph (1928-2017), St. Louis, MO. St. Louis Section. Member 1957.
Milster, P. Ferman (1949-2018), Iowa City, IA. Northeast Iowa Section. Member 2002.
Palm, H. William (1930-2018), Kirkwood, MO. St. Louis Section. Member 1965.
Power, John (1928-2018), Longview, WA. Oregon Section. Member 1998.
Prout, Paul (1963-2018), Grand Forks, ND. Minnesota Section. Member 1987.
Schaeffer, Denis (1958-2018), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Section. Member 2008.
Stadler, John H. (1961-2017), Poquoson, VA. Eastern Virginia Section. Member 1986.
