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IN MEMORIAM
Francis R. “Fran” Varrese, FASM,
passed away on February 22. He was born in Norris-
town, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Ambler High School in 1957 where he was valedic-
torian, class president, and captain of the football team. In 1961, he graduated with a B.S. in
metallurgical engineering from Lehigh University, where he received the Allen S. Quier Prize
for outstanding progressive achievement in scholastic work from the metallurgical engi-
neering department. Varrese was employed as a metallurgical engineer at Robert Wooler
Co., Standard Pressed Steel Co., and Honeywell Inc.’s Ft. Washington facility. While at Hon-
eywell, he was awarded several technical awards including the H.W. Sweatt Award, the com-
pany’s highest award for engineers. Varrese was heavily involved with ASM both locally and
nationally. He was known as “Mr. ASM” to the Philadelphia Chapter, serving as executive
secretary/treasurer for nearly two decades. He was awarded the Society’s Allan Ray Putnam
Service Award in 1993 and became an ASM Fellow in 1978. He received several awards from
the Philadelphia Chapter including the Young Member Award in 1974, President’s Award in 1983, Delaware Valley Met-
als Man of the Year in 1986, Philadelphia Chapter Distinguished Service Award in 1988, Meritorious Service Award in
2000, and the Adolph Schaefer Special Achievement Award in 2001. He also presented the prestigious Albert Sauveur
Lecture to the Chapter in 1981.
IN MEMORIAM
Varrese