John C. Burgess ’45, of Lanikai, Hawaii

John C. Burgess ’45, of Lanikai, Hawaii, formerly of Palo Alto, Calif.; May 14. After serving in the U.S. Navy and earning a PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford in 1955, he worked at SRI International and United Technologies in the San Francisco Bay area. In 1966 he moved to Hawaii, where he was a full professor and chairman of the mechanical engineering department at the Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa campus. He was president of the college faculty senate from 1969 to 1971 and retired in 1995. He was an active member of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and received the ASA’s Distinguished Service Citation in 1966 and a Medal of Special Merit from the Acoustical Society of Japan. He enjoyed flying gliders in California, backpacking in Hawaii and the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, and nature photography. He is survived by his wife, Frances; a daughter; two sons; and two grandchildren.