Don Lamar Boyer, 82, passed away on June 19, 2020. Don graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York in 1960 with an Engineering degree. He then earned a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1965.



He began his academic career at the University of Delaware in Newark where he was an assistant professor from 1964-1971. He spent the next three years at the National Science Foundation in Washington DC. In 1974 became professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. In 1988 he came to ASU and was professor and chair of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. He remained at ASU until his retirement in 2008 as Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Don was passionate about his job. He especially enjoyed research and in particular his collaborations with Dr. Joe Fernando, Dr. Peter Davies and Dr. Gabriel Chabert D'Hieres with whom he published numerous peer-reviewed articles.

Don is survived by his former wife, Eileen Boyer, two sons, two grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by a brother and sister.

(Source: Arizona Republic)