ASU remembers

   

Lynn Bellamy

Professor, Chemical Engineering

   

  

Lynn Bellamy

Lynn Bellamy died February 7, 2017, at the age of 76. He was born October 24, 1940, in San Antonio, Texas. He earned his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M and his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Tulane University. After obtaining his PhD he went to work at Monsanto Company as a Research Engineer. From there, he went to the College (later University) of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia – first as a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department, then as head of the Honors Program, and finally as Director of the Computer Center. When he left Saudi Arabia he went to the University of Toledo as Director of Computing. In 1975 he came to ASU to lead Computing Services, which at the time had a very poor service record. He turned that around, and eventually became head of Information Resources Management, which included several other information-related university services. He resigned from that position in 1986 to become a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering department. In that capacity he was a leading advocate of student-centered learning and was a champion for the Deming Quality Movement’s application in teaching. He retired from ASU in 1998. He and his wife Sallie moved to Yarnell, Arizona, and volunteered as EMTs and with the Fire Department. For his many friends, students, and colleagues, Lynn was a very special person – charismatic, warm, “larger than life”, creative, and very energetic. He engaged fully in the moment and gave his “all” to everyone in his wide circle and to every problem he encountered. He was truly one of a kind, and he made a real and positive difference in many people’s lives and in the projects he took on. In his last several years, memory loss made him unable to continue relationships and projects, and still the finality of his death is felt as a major loss by those who knew him. His widow, who gave him such capable and loving care and support, once worked at the ASU Library and will take over Lynn’s membership in the ASU Retirees Association. (Source: Connie McNeill)

  

February 7, 2017