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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 9 8 1 IN MEMORIAM Gerald Cole, FASM, of Southfield, Mich., passed away on September 11 at age 83. He was an ASM Life Member, member of the ASM Detroit Chapter, and director of lightweight operations at Automotive Insights LLC. He earned his Ph.D. in materials science and metallurgical engineer- ing at the University of Toronto. Cole spent 37 years at the Ford Motor Co. as a senior staff tech- nical specialist where he worked to weight-reduce the Ford fleet using magnesium. In his later career, Cole was president of LightWeightStrategies LLC, where he developed an R&D program for producing sustainable bamboo wood. He also served as an adjunct professor and lecturer at the University of Michigan and various universities worldwide. Cole presented over 350 invited lectures and courses in nine countries. Robert Mayer, Jr., passed away in Dallas on March 30, 2018. Business owner, petroleum engineer, physicist, inventor, and protégé of Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representa- tives Sam Rayburn, Mayer was born June 17, 1922, in Dallas. He graduated early from Harvard University in 1942 (Class of 1943). In 1941, he taught radar to Army and Naval personnel. Three years later, he enlisted in the military and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, serving in the Army Corps of Engineers. In 1952, he foundedWell Reconnaissance Inc., which was acquired in 1979 by Gearhart Owen Industries. He continued working from his Addison office, until two days before his passing. Mayer was a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Society of Exploration Physicists, and the ASM North Texas (Dallas) Chapter. Triplicane Asuri Parthasarathy, FASM, aka TAP, 64, of Beaver- creek, Ohio, died unexpectedly on May 31. A member of the ASM Dayton Chapter, Parthasarathy was born in Chennai, India. He received his bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai in 1976 and a Ph.D. in materials science and engi- neering from The Ohio State University in 1983. Parthasarathy spent the past 33 years employed as a director/senior scientist at UES Inc. in Dayton, engaged in R&D at the Materials and Manu- facturing Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB. He was con- sidered one of the world’s leading scientists in the field of high temperature materials, receiving many prestigious honors and recognitions, including being named a Fellow of both the Ameri- can Ceramic Society and ASM International. Wilfredo V. “Fred” Venal, 77, of Warren, Pa., died on July 23 at his residence surrounded by his family. Venal resided in Warren for the past 20 years and was formerly of Pampa, Texas, Kokomo, Ind., and Chicago. He earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering from University of the Philippines in Manila, his master’s from Aachen University in Germany, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Venal was employed with the former National Forge Co. and the present Ellwood National Forge Co. as a metallurgist for over 20 years and was still working at the time of his death. He was a member of the ASM Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter. IN MEMORIAM