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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 | F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 0 2 1 4 0 GEORGE DIETER REMEMBERED ASMmembers share heartfelt tributes and fondmemo- ries of a man whose legacy continues to impact not only the Society but the greater materials and design communities. “At the Illinois Instituteof Technology, weusedGeorge’s Mechanical Metallurgy book as our foundational text for all our mechanical behavior of materials courses. George’s legacy will live on for many generations to come. This is a great loss to our profession.” – Judith Todd, FASM, ASM vice president “Professor George Dieter was a technical giant upon whose shoulders many of us launched successful careers. I will always be grateful, not only for his technical contribu- tions, but also for his caring and thoughtful work on behalf of his students, his colleagues, and society. I had the plea- sure of presenting him with the ASM Presidential coins of Drs. Frederick Schmidt and William Frazier during his 90th birthday celebration at the University of Maryland. The pre- sentation honored his outstanding contributions to ASM International.” – William E. Frazier, FASM, ASM past president birthday—12 years apart—and we exchanged birthday cards every year over the past five decades.” – Howard A. Kuhn, FASM, ASM Handbook editor and instructor “I, like many others, used Professor Dieter’s textbook during my undergraduate training. Furthermore, I had the pleasure of getting to know him better because he was a consultant to the company I first worked for directly out of graduate school. I was always a bit in awe when he visited the lab where I worked. George was truly a great member of our materials community and so well deserving of the ASM awards he received. His impact will be felt for generations.” – Diana Essock, FASM, ASM president “Professor A.W. Grosvenor, the founder of our mate- rials science and engineering (MSE) department at Drexel, in his last year as head (1962) hired Dieter, as his successor. A great era started for Drexel Metallurgy. Dieter hired Dick Heckel, Alan Lawley, and oth- ers and built a department that was ahead of the whole university by a decade or two. We will remember him as a restless and continu- ously innovative engineer/ educator who benefited the profession and the many stu- dents who interacted with him directly or indirectly.” – Antonios Zavaliangos, A.W. Grosvenor Professor of Mate- rials Science and Engineering, Drexel University A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE DIETER Dr. George E. Dieter, Jr., FASM, 1928-2020. William Frazier (left) represents ASM at George Dieter’s 90th birthday celebration at the University of Maryland in 2018. “I will be forever grateful to Professor Dieter for pro- viding the opportunity (coercing me), as a mechanical engineer, to join the faculty at Drexel University, grow as a young professor under his mentorship, and collaborate at the interface between materials engineering and mechan- ics. He introduced the materials world to two revolutionary educational concepts through his textbooks: Mechanical Metallurgy and Engineering Design - A Materials and Process- ing Approach. George left huge footprints around the world and a legacy of positive influences on many lives that will be felt long into the future. In addition to our common alma mater, Carnegie Tech (now CMU), George and I had the same Dieter served as volume chair of ASMHandbook, Vol. 20.