HIGHLIGHTS ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | JULY/AUGUST 2025 64 IN MEMORIAM James C.M. Li, FASM, of Rochester, New York, passed away at the age of 100. He was a professor emeritus, previously serving as the Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Rochester. Li grew up in China before and during World War II, earning his bachelor’s degree from the National Central University in China and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Washington. Following his postdoctoral appointment at University of California, Berkeley, he worked briefly at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and Westinghouse Corp. before launching a 12-year career in the U. S. Steel Corp. While working at the E.C. Bain Laboratory for Fundamental Research, he first became known for dislocation theory, which was critical for much of his later work. Among Li’s contributions was his pioneering work on metallic glass. His many awards include the ASM International Gold Medal, Champion Mathewson Gold Medal, Robert F. Mehl Gold Medal, Acta Metallurgica Gold Medal, Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award, and the Lu Tse-Hon Medal of the Chinese Society for Materials Science. Li has been recognized as a Fellow of ASM International, the American Physical Society, and the Metallurgical Society, and he was a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He published over 540 papers and authored over 50 patents. Charles A. Raths, age 85, of Saginaw, Michigan, passed away on March 15. He was born on October 18, 1939, in Detroit. Raths worked for Saginaw Steering Gear as a metallurgist, where he dedicated 35 years of service before retiring in 1992. He went on to teach metallurgy at Delta College and worked for several companies including Hi Tech Steel Treating Inc. until he fully retired in 2020. He was a member of the ASM Heat Treating Society and the ASM Saginaw Valley Chapter. Susan Elizabeth Schur died on November 26, 2022, at age 83 in Boston. She was born on August 10, 1939, in New York City and earned both a B.S. and M.S. in metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960 as part of its first class with women. Schur worked as a research metallurgist for Advanced Metals Research Corp., partner for The Sculptors Workshop, president of The Schur Company, and president, The Technology Organization Inc. From 1976 to 1996 she was publisher and editor of Technology & Conservation, a magazine that evolved into a biannual conference at MIT focused on a single material and its characteristics, historical use, preservation, and current research and use. She served as a member of the advisory board of both the MIT Museum and the Center for Preservation Technology at Columbia University, served as president of both the MIT Alumnae and the MIT Club of Boston, was named to the College of Fellows of the Association for Preservation Technology, and was a Fellow of the Society Women Engineers. Schur was a member of the ASM Boston Chapter, holding various offices for 13 years. She was also a member of ASM’s International Metallographic Society. IN MEMORIAM Li Raths Schur IN MEMORIAM
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