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 U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 2 1 6 9 IN MEMORIAM Francis H. “Sam” Froes, FASM, of Tacoma, Wash., passed away on May 19 at age 81. An alumnus of Sheffield University, U.K., (D.Eng., engineering), he had an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in physical metallurgy. He served as an institute director and department head of materials science and engineering at the University of Idaho. Froes was involved in the titanium field with an emphasis on powder metallurgy (PM) for more than 40 years. He was leader of the titanium group at Crucible Steel Co. and later program manager on a U.S. Air Force contract on titanium PM in Dayton, Ohio. He presented keynote addresses in more than 40 different countries. A member of the Russian Academy of Science, he received the Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy award from the Metal Powder Industries Federation. He published more than 800 papers, held 60 patents, and edited 15 books. Froes was a frequent instructor at ASM’s headquarters and contributor to ASM’s AM&P magazine. Bruce McCoy Hamilton, FASM, passed away on April 2 in his 101st year. Graduating in metallurgy from Queen’s University in 1943, Hamilton embarked on a successful career in the steel industry, gaining valuable management experience at Atlas Steel and Crucible Steel. He had a distinguished career, rising to the position of president and CEO at Slater Steel Company, Ontario. Later, he served as the CEO of Sydney Steel Corp., in Nova Scotia. He was a past chair of ASM’s Ontario Chapter and a recipient of the ASM Canada Council Lectureship (1982). Hamilton was awarded the Distinguished Life Membership of ASM in 1998. Darrell W. Smith, FASM, of Chassell, Mich., age 83, passed away on June 4. He was a professor emeritus at Michigan Technological University. He began his teaching career in 1970 in the department of metallurgical engineering at Michigan Tech, retiring in 1999. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University while working at GE in Cleveland. Active in the Metal Powder Industries Federation, he received the MPIF Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy Award in 1997 and became a Fellow of APMI International in 2001. Smith was a past ASM trustee and member of the ASM Saginaw Valley Chapter as well as the ASM Heat Treating Society. He also taught metallurgy courses at ASM headquarters after his retirement. Michael Helmus, of Worcester, Mass., passed away in June at age 67. A longtime member and contributor to the biomaterials community, Helmus was most recently a consultant at his company, Medtech, and research professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Previously he worked as a consultant at Exponent and was vice president of Amulet Pharmaceuticals in addition to executive research roles at Advance Nanotech, Boston Scientific, and Edwards Lifesciences. His research interests included cardiovascular devices, 3D surgical printing, biomaterials, and nanotechnology. He had 44 U.S. patents. After growing up in Philadelphia, Helmus received a B.S. in metallurgy and materials science from Lehigh University in 1975. He then earned his M.S. and Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve University in 1980. Helmus was an instrumental contributor to the joint ASM International and Granta Design effort to develop the ASM Medical Materials Database. (continued) Froes Hamilton IN MEMORIAM Smith Helmus
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