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HIGHL IGHTS A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 7 7 0 IN MEMORIAM Raymond “Ray” Joseph Donahue, FASM, and ASM Life member, passed away on Octo- ber 10 at age 76. He was a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago where he obtained a Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering. He was a professor of metallurgical engineering in Connecticut before working at Brunswick Corp. in Glenview, Ill. Brunswick brought him to Mercury Marine Corp. in Fond du Lac, Wisc., where he worked as a technical fellow until the time of his death. He was an employee with Brunswick for 45 years. Donahue was a member of the ASM Milwaukee Chapter where he served on the executive committee (2009-2017). He was also chairman of the ASM Chapter Council in 2009. Donahue heldmore than 60 U.S. and foreign patents for innovations inmetallurgy and die casting. His co-workers recall his wise expression, “From our mistakes come the next great breakthroughs.” One of these breakthroughs led him to co-invent MercAlloy, which helped elevate Mercury Marine’s reputation in the industry. Alan Lawley, FASM, emeritus professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, passed away on October 17 at the age of 84. He made significant contributions to the research and develop- ment of power metallurgy and particulate materials in his career. Lawley received a B.Sc. in physical metallurgy and Ph.D. in metallurgy from the University of Birmingham, UK. He worked at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Metallurgical Engineering as a post-doctoral fel- low and at Franklin Institute’s Solid State Research Laboratory. He joined Drexel in 1968 where he initiated the powder metallurgy program. While at Drexel, he was appointed department head of materials engineering and the A.W. Grosvenor Professor of Metallurgy. Lawley pub- lished over 300 articles in archival journals, conference proceedings, and books. He was editor- in-chief of APMI International’s International Journal of Powder Metallurgy from 1985 to 2015. A long-time member of the Metal Powder Industries Federation technical board, Lawley was among the first class of fellows of APMI International in 1998, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering that same year. Lawley was recipient of the ASM Gold Medal (1996) and the ASM Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award (1982). He served as chair of the Philadelphia Chapter from 1991 to 1992. Lawley Donahue  IN MEMORIAM