HIGHLIGHTS ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | SEPTEMBER 2023 62 IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM Ian Bowbrick, director of membership and professional standards at the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3), London, passed away on July 2 at age 59. He was a member of IOM3 since 1987 and joined the staff in February 2013 after working at the Royal Academy of Engineering. His passion and commitment during 10 years of service drove the development of membership at IOM3. ASM International and IOM3 have a 52-year partnership based on the journal International Materials Reviews. In recent years, Bowbrick was the main IOM3 point of contact for ASM, working to further the partnership through his communications and plans. Joint webinars and reciprocal membership programs were developed with his leadership and guidance. Bowbrick received a B.Sc. in materials science and technology from Brunel University London. His credentials included being a chartered engineer, chartered environmentalist, and European engineer. Joseph Michael Capus, 93, of Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada, passed away on July 20. He was born on December 30, 1929, in Swansea, Wales, and graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Ph.D. in 1954. Capus began his career in the U.K., holding research positions with Inco and Gillette. In 1970, the family moved to Sorel-Tracy, Canada, where he spent much of his career as technical director for Quebec Metal Powders where he set up a new research lab. In 1987, he was invited to join parent company QIT and move to Beaconsfield. In the early 1990s, Capus retired from QIT and took up consulting work. He continued to travel and publish articles in various scientific journals his entire life. Capus was a member of the ASM Montreal Chapter. Michael Richard Notis, FASM, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, died on June 10 at age 84. Notis was raised in Arverne, New York, then pursued his undergraduate studies at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Notis went on to obtain his Ph.D. in materials science at the university while working at Western Electric Bell Labs. He became a dedicated professor and research scientist of metallurgical engineering at his alma mater. During his long teaching career, he mentored countless students while authoring hundreds of scholarly articles that are still cited today. In the 1990s he served as chair of the ASM Alloy Phase Diagram Committee. Notis was a professor emeritus in Lehigh’s department of materials science and engineering as well as a world-renowned archaeometallurgist and member of the ASM Lehigh Chapter. Richard K. Pitler, FASM, of Amelia Island, Florida, passed away on May 18 at age 95. Pitler was born and raised in Merrick, New York, on the south shore of Long Island. He served as a first lieutenant in the Army. Pitler was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and subsequently earned advanced degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He joined Allegheny Ludlum Corporation in 1949 as a metallurgist and retired in 1986, serving in various leadership positions including senior vice president, technical director, and as a member of the board of directors. Pitler had numerous patents and was active in several professional societies including serving as president of ASM International in 1989. He was also the author of various technical studies on titanium, valve steels, and high temperature metals. Memorial contributions may be made to the ASM Materials Education Foundation. Word has been received at ASM Headquarters of the death of David Pye of Newport News, Virginia, on June 12. He was CEO and president of Pye Metallurgical International Consulting. Pye was a frequent instructor of ASM courses and authored the ASM technical book, “Practical Nitriding and Ferritic Nitrocarborizing.” Prior to starting his consulting business, Pye was in technical sales focused on plasma nitriding for Seco/Warwick Corp. Notis Bowbrick Capus Pitler
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