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Obituaries Edgar T. Ellis Jr., senior designer, elector mechanic in the Applied Research Laboratory, from March 1, 1951, until his retirement June 30, 1984; died Oct. 21, at the age of 73. George H. Fleming, professor emeritus of chemistry in the Eberly College of Science, from Sept. 23, 1931, until his retirement July 1, 1964; died Oct. 20. He was 93. Norma J. Kane, accounting clerk at Penn State Erie, from Aug. 22, 1966, until her retirement Sept. 1, 1986; died Oct. 8, at the age of 75. MacKenzie "Mac" L. Keith, professor emeritus of geochemistry, 88, , died Nov. 6. Keith received bachelor of science degree at the University of Alberta, Canada, in 1934, his master's of science in geology at Queen's University in Kingston in 1936 and his doctorate in geology at M.I.T. in 1939. Before coming to Penn State, Keith spent 15 seasons on geological fieldwork for the Geological Survey of Canada, Ontario Department of Mines; from 1940-47 he was a lecturer and assistant professor at Queens; and from 1947-50 he worked as a petrologist at the Geophysical Lab of the Carnegie Institute in Washington, D.C. Keith began his tenure at Penn State in 1950 as an associate professor and later became a full professor. He served as director of the Mineral Conservation Section in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. He retired with emeritus status in 1978. Keith was involved in a number of research projects including the development of the synthesis of silicon free synthetic garnets. This work preceded work where industrial garnets were discovered. In addition, he authored more than 40 articles in professional journals. Donald E. Meyers, lead painter in the Office of Physical Plant, from Sept. 13, 1962, until his retirement Jan. 1, 1989; died Oct. 30. He was 65. Verna Miller, residence hall worker in Housing and Food Services, from Oct. 24, 1972, until her retirement April 5, 1986; died Oct. 11, at the age of 76. Bernice L. Packer, senior milk testing machine operator in the College of Agricultural Sciences, from July 1, 1964, until her retirement Nov. 1, 1980; died Oct. 22. She was 79. Ruth C. Price, staff assistant IV in The Nittany Lion Inn, from Dec. 1, 1978, until her retirement July 1, 1997; died Sept. 1, at the age of 72. Frederick W. Lampe, 73, professor emeritus and former head of the Department of Chemistry, died Wednesday, Nov. 8. Born Jan. 5, 1927, he served in the U.S. Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the U.S.S. Lake Champlain from 1944 to 1946. Lampe earned his bachelor's degree at Michigan State College in 1950 and his master's and Ph.D. in chemistry at Columbia University in 1951 and 1953 respectively. He joined the Penn State faculty as an associate professor in 1960. Lampe was promoted to full professor in 1965 and became assistant head of the department in 1978. He served as head of the Department of Chemistry from 1983 to 1988, and retired as professor emeritus in 1992. He previously had served for seven years as a research chemist at Humble Oil and Refining Co. in Baytown, Texas. Lampe also had held visiting professorships at the University of New Hampshire; the Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg, Germany; and the Hahn-Meitner Institute for Nuclear Research, Berlin. He won a National Science Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, a U.S. Senior Scientist Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, Germany, and a Robert A. Welch Foundation Lectureship in Houston. In addition, Lampe held five patents and was a contributor to more than 160 research papers. |