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 | M A Y / J U N E 2 0 2 2 6 2 IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM Brian T. Loton AC, from Melbourne, Australia, died on March 29 at age 92. The Distinguished Life Member of ASM International was born on May 17, 1929, in Perth. He received a degree in metallurgical engineering from Melbourne University in 1953. He was BHP director and CEO in 1984 and then its deputy chairman in 1991. He was appointed chairman the next year and held the position until retiring in 1997. Loton was president of the Australian Mining Industry Council in 1983-1984. He also served as president of the Business Council of Australia and as vice chairman of the Iron and Steel Institute. He was a fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining, an honorary fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, and a counselor of the U.S. Conference Board. Loton derived much satisfaction from his career and professional life, and always spoke highly of his international peers and associated organizations around the world. Melvin “Mel” Schwartz, FASM, 92, of Charlottesville, Va., passed away on February 15. Born in Philadelphia, he was an ASM Life Member. Schwartz became an ASM Fellow in 1990 and was cited “for significant contributions and production innovations in the brazing and welding of aircraft structures and engine cases, and leadership in metal matrix composites and inertia welding of titanium rings for helicopters.” He served as chief of materials and processes at Sikorsky Aircraft, United Technologies Corp., in Stratford, Conn. Schwartz authored the ASM technical book, Brazing, now in a second edition. David C. “Suds” Soderberg of Duxbury, Mass., passed away at age 70 in his home on February 11. He was born in Worcester, Mass., on May 6, 1951. Soderberg graduated from Burncoat High School in 1969, Worcester Industrial Technical Institute in 1972, and WPI School of Industrial Management in 1981. He worked in the field of metallurgy for 49 years. Soderberg was a member of the ASM Central Massachusetts Chapter and served on its executive committee 2002-2021. Soderberg Schwartz Loton
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