Chester L. Britt, III, 54, passed away August 30, 2016. Chet earned a B.S. in 1984 from the University of Iowa with Honors in Sociology, a M.A. in Sociology in 1986 from Washington State University, and a Ph.D in Sociology in 1990 from the University of Arizona. He was appointed an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, at the University of Illinois from 1990 to 1995. His second appointment as an Assistant Professor was at Pennsylvania State University from 1995 to 1999. He held the position of Associate Professor, Sociology, at ASU from 1999 to 2006, and at Northeastern University from 2006 to 2011. He achieved the rank of full Professor at Northeastern University in 2011, which he held until 2015, when he accepted his most recent position at Iowa State University in 2015. His administrative responsibilities included Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, ASU, 2003 to 2006, Associate Dean for the Undergraduate Program, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2006 to 2008, Interim Dean, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2008 to 2010, Dean, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2010 to 2015, and Chair, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, 2015 to the present. He was also a Visiting Scholar, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University (Australia) during June of 2012. Chet is survived by his wife, Kelly Champion, of Ames; his four children, one grandson, his parents and one sister.