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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 | J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4 8 IN MEMORIAM Frederick Rollins Specht, Jr., 61, passed away on November 11, 2015. He was nationally known as a heat induction expert for more than 40 years. He taught seminars across the country, including for ASM, and was a consultant for Inter- power Induction Inc. As a member of ASM International since 1985, Specht served on many committees includ- ing several in the area of heat treating. He served two terms as a Heat Treating Society (HTS) board member, was a member of the HTS Web Committee, and also served as the conference and expo co-chair for two Heat Treat events, in addition to other committees. Specht also spoke at seminars and meetings on the topic of induction heat treating at many ASM conferences. Most recently, he taught Practical Induction Heat Treating for ASM’s education department.

IN MEMORIAM

Bruce P. Bardes, FASM, passed away on October 18, 2015, at age 76. Bardes was a Captain in the U.S. Army and a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and Sc.D. degrees. Bardes served as editor-in-chief of ASM’s Met- als Handbook during the late

1970s. He then held several positions at GE Aircraft Engines and served as a professor at University of Illi- nois, Miami University, and University of Cincinnati. In later years, Bardes was vice president and principal met- allurgist at Cincinnati Metallurgical Consultants and president of Materials Technology Solutions Co. A mem- ber of ASM since 1963, he received many professional awards and honors, including the Eisenman Memorial Award from ASM’s Cincinnati Chapter.

George D. Pfaffmann, FASM, passed away on November 22, 2015, at age 87. He was an active and longtimemember of the Heat Treating Society’s Research & Development and Technical Programming Com- mittees, and a member of ASM since 1953. He also served on the HTS Board from 1999-2001

and on the HTS Awards & Nominations Committee from 2004-2009. Retired from Ajax Tocco after more than 50 years, Pfaffmann authored several ASM books and tuto- rials on induction heating and received the ASM Instruc- tor of Merit Award in 2002.