Fred D. Nea, 78, passed away on January 30, 2018 joining his wife Darby, as well as two daughters. He is survived by two daughters, a sister, brother, nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. After graduating Dexter high school in 1957, Fred worked for Stoddard County Missouri (civil engineering division), for a short time before enlisting into the Air Force in 1958. After boot camp, he was transferred to Williams Air Force base in Chandler Arizona, where he was a medic. Fred retired after 32 years with Motorola. He was a pioneer in the construction of cleanroom fabrication facilities for the semiconductor industry. Some of the facilities he helped lead were: MOS6 in Mesa, AZ, MOS11 in Austin, TX, MOS12 in Chandler, AZ, which still operates today as an integral clean manufacturing plant, MOS21 in Mesa, AZ, and his final project, Motorola's water fabrication facility in Tianjin, China. Fred was also involved throughout his career with the industry organization Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST), which authored all the US Cleanroom Standards and Recommended Practices. Additionally, throughout his career,  Fred was instrumental with ASU Del E. Webb School of Construction and through the Alliance for Construction Excellence (ACE) was an advisor to the school technology programs. He was a founding member of CREATE (Construction Research and Education for Advanced Technology Environments), which brought ASU recognition as a leading developer of Project Management Standards, Education, and Best Practices for specialty technology construction. If you would like to contribute a donation in Fred's honor, the following were charities close to Fred's heart: Hospice of the Valley (1510 E. Flower St. Phoenix, AZ 85014-5656), St. Jude Children's Hospital; The Apache Junction Food Bank (575 N. Idaho Rd. Suit 701 Apache Junction, AZ 85119) and Gold Canyon Methodist Church Food Bank (6640 S. Kings Ranch Road Gold Canyon, AZ 85118).