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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 | J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 9 4 3 IN MEMORIAM Johannes Weertman, FASM, Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., passed away at age 93 on October 13, 2018. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Weertman attended the College of Science and Engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned his bachelor’s and D.Sc. degrees in physics. He then worked at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, studying glacier flow and ice sheets. His research contributions were honored by the U.K. Antarctic Place-names Com- mittee, which established “Weertman Island” in 1960, a 3.5-mile-long island off the Antarctic coast. Weertman joined Northwestern in 1959 as an associate professor in the department of materials science and served as its chair from 1964 to 1968. He made noteworthy contributions to the study of the mechanical properties of materials, particularly to the fatigue and fracture of metals. His honors include membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the National Academy of Engineering. He also received the Acta Metallurgica Gold Medal. His wife, Julia, an ASM Fellow who also taught at Northwestern, passed away in July. Both were strong supporters of the ASM Foundation. Gary George Witt, FASM, a life member of ASM, passed away at age 73 on November 2, 2018. Born in Carroll, Iowa, he grew up on a cattle farm in Arcadia. He graduated valedictorian fromArWeVa High School in 1963. Witt enrolled at Iowa State University and completed a bachelor’s in chemistry and a master’s in metallurgy, graduating in 1970. After graduating, he began his 36-year career at Ford Motor Company, starting at the Livonia Transmission Plant in the management training pro- gram. He later managed several departments throughout Ford and retired in 2007 as chief engineer in Materials, Testing, and Standards. While at Ford, he completed his MBA at the University of Mich- igan. A longtime member of the ASM Detroit Chapter, Witt served as chair in 1984. He was also a member of ESD, SAE, and CIT. Matthew J. Donachie, FASM, of Winchester, N.H., died on October 22, 2018, at age 85. Raised in Holyoke, Mass., Donachie graduated from Holyoke H.S. in 1950. He received a B.S. in metallurgical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and attended Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology where he earned his Sc.D. Donachie was an accomplished metallurgist whose career took him to Connecticut where he worked for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft for over 30 years. He was also an adjunct professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Graduate Center in Hartford for 55 years. He published several papers and books on metallurgy. He was especially proud of the ASM book he authored, “Titanium, A Technical Guide.” It has been a principle reference on the nonferrous metal for years. Donachie was a long-time member of ASM International and became a Fellow in 1989. Editor’s note: The following was one of Matthew Donachie’s favorite poems and was published in the forward of his ASM book “Titanium: A Technical Guide,” which he dedicated to his wife of 63 years, Martha: My life is a homing bird that flies Through the starry dusk and dew Home to the heaven of your true eyes Home, dear heart, to you. from the poem My Life is a Bowl by May Riley Smith IN MEMORIAM