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ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES •
SEPTEMBER 2014
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ASM
news
HIGHLIGHTS...
In Memoriam
IN MEMORIAM
John Stringer, FASM,
died in California
in July at age 80. A longtime resident of Red-
wood City, he grew up in England, gradu-
ated from the University of Liverpool in
metallurgy, and later received his Ph.D. and
D. Eng. there. He joined the Battelle Memo-
rial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, in 1963. At
age 32, he became the youngest Chair in
Materials Science at the University of Liverpool. He returned
to the U.S. in 1977 to work at the newly-founded Electric
Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto, Calif. He suc-
ceeded Bob Jaffee at EPRI, held various roles including Exec-
utive Technical Fellow, and retired in 2004 after 27 years.
Stringer also held teaching posts at Stanford University and
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Stringer was a member of the ASM Santa Clara Valley
Chapter and served on the Executive Committee, Education
Committee, and San Jose State University Materials Engineer-
ing Industry Advisory Committee. He held various chair roles
on the ASM Technical Programming Board (1996-2003) and
helped foster ASM’s Materials Solutions Symposia (1997-
2004), which led to the current MS&T joint event. He was a
Campbell Memorial Lecturer (1995), honored with the John
Stringer Symposium on High Temperature Corrosion at ASM
Materials Solutions (2001), served on the ASMAwards Policy
Committee (2000-2005), and was appointed to the ASM
Nominating Committee (2006).
David Lee Milam,
age 63, of North Can-
ton, Ohio, died April 29 of ALS (Lou
Gehrig’s Disease). He was awarded a B.S.
degree in materials engineering from Brown
University in June 1973 and both M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in metallurgical engineering
from Purdue University. Dave moved to
Canton to work at The Timken Co. as a re-
search metallurgical engineer, a position he held from August
1978 until May 2009. He held several U.S. patents. Milam was
a longstanding member of the Canton-Massillon Chapter,
serving as chair from 1999-2000. Most recently, he was Stu-
dent Affairs chair, judged the regional science fair, and re-
viewed applications to award scholarships to graduating
seniors pursuing an engineering degree.
Hugh Victor Shotwell, Jr.,
age 78, longtime
resident of Hammond, Ind., passed away on
March 1. Born in Louisville, Ky., he was a
graduate of the University of Kentucky and
served in the Army Corps of Engineers. He
retired as a metallurgical engineer from the
American Steel Foundries in East Chicago
after more than three decades. Shotwell was
a member of ASM International for 59 years and served as
chairman of the Calumet Chapter in 1969-70.
Chapter
News
Ravindran Visits Chapters
In the year of his ASM presidency,
C. Ravi Ravindran,
FASM,
has logged many miles making the rounds to visit
many ASM Chapters. He shares news of ASM strategic
plans and directions, and listens to the needs and ideas
of the members. In May, his travels allowed him to visit
with chapter leaders from the ASM Hartford Chapter
(above) and Washington D.C. Chapter (below).
For a list of upcoming ASM Training Courses,
see our ad on page 32 of this issue.
Eisenman Materials Camp
Celebrates Milestone
Mike Connelly, FASM, and Margaret Bush, served as co-
curriculum leaders for the 15th anniversary of the Eisenman
Materials Camp held in Materials Park, Ohio, in July. The
camp brings together high school students and ASM volun-
teer mentors and junior mentors for
a week of materials science dis-
covery and fun.
ASM vice
president
Sunniva Collins,
FASM, prepares
to address
camp
graduates.
Judy Arner (right),
helps student visually
inspect samples in
a holder.
Campers bursting with energy and
excitement for STEM!