Hewitt Hartley Young, 91, passed away February 2, 2015. He was Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering at ASU and former department chair. He graduated with honors from Case School of Applied Science (now Case School of Engineering) in Mechanical Engineering in August 1944, where he had enrolled in the V-12 Navy Reserve unit during WW II. Following graduation, he attended the US Naval Academy in Annapolis for V-7 midshipmen, where he completed the rigorous 90-day "wonder" training program and was awarded an ensign's commission. He served a total of 31 months of active satisfactory service, including assignments on the USS La Salle (AP-102) transport ship and the USS Brennan (DE-13) Evarts-class destroyer escort. He achieved the final rank of LTJG, USNR before concluding his military service. After the war he was an engineer at General Electric and later with the Thompson Products Jet Propulsion Laboratory while earning a master's degree in Industrial Engineering at Case. He was an assistant professor of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University in 1953 then promoted to associate professor in 1956; in 1960 was appointed full professor and later assistant head of Purdue's School of Industrial Engineering. While at Purdue he earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from ASU and, in 1966, accepted a position as Professor of Industrial Engineering at ASU; he was appointed chair of the department. He retired from ASU in 1988. Hewitt was a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (formerly AIIE) and served on the Board of Trustees first as Vice President of Education and Student Affairs and later Vice President of Publications. Hewitt is survived by his wife Beatrice, five sons, a brother, eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. His parents and a son preceded him in death. A celebration of Hewitt's life will be held on Friday, February 20, 2015, from 11:00 a.m. to noon at Messinger Indian School Mortuary, 7601 E. Indian School Rd., with burial service later in the day at 2:30 p.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, located at 23029 North Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Arizona State University Foundation. (Source: Arizona Republic)