Erik Erginer ’66 ScM, ’69 PhD

 Erik Erginer ’66 ScM, ’69 PhD, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; Oct. 31. After graduating, he returned to Istanbul to complete mandatory military service. He was discharged with the rank of lieutenant in 1972. In 1974 he returned to the United States and worked as an engineer. He held two U.S. patents for forging die design and for turbine processes. After retiring, he briefly taught high school, volunteered at the Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, and in 1991 helped found the Winston-Salem chapter of Women Against War. He is survived by his children; his grandchildren; a sister-in-law; a niece; and his former wife, Linda Holgate.