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KARL L.
FETTERS
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WRITTEN BY ROBERT D. PEHLKE
SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY
KARL L. FETTERS, metallurgical engineer and major contribu-
tor to the development of science and technology in the iron and
steel industry, died on October 3, 1990, at the age of eighty.
Elected to the NationalAcademyofEngineering in 1965, Karl
had already achieved recognition for his contribution to the en-
gineering profession on an international basis. He was a dedi-
cated professional who was recognized for the breadth of his
views, which extended well beyond his steed industry experience
to promotion of the mining, energy, and materials industries
and especially to the education of young people by encouraging
their association with these industries.
The professional career of Karl Fetters extended over more
than six decades, and his involvement and leadership through
many dramatic changes are highly commendable. He was in-
volved in steel production as a metallurgist, then was an aca-
demic instructor at Carnegie Institute of Technology, and later
was involved in steel operations and subsequently became a
leader in steel research and research management.
Karl Fetters was born on November US, 1909, in Alliance,
Ohio, where he attended public schools. He received his
bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from Carnegie
Institute of Technology in 1931, and his doctorate in metallurgy
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1940.
From 1933 to 1936 he was a metallurgical assistant for the
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MEMORIAL TRIBUTES
National Tube Company in Lorain, Ohio. From 1936 to 1938 he
was a plant metallurgist for Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com-
pany. He then attended MIT to achieve a graduate degree. Karl
returned to Carnegie Institute of Technology to assume a posi-
tion with the Office of Scientific Research and Development
project on seamless steel gun tubes, while he also served as an
assistant professor of metallurgy and a staff member of the
Metals Research Laboratory. In 1943 he returned to Youngstown
on special assignment as a metallurgical engineer. He was ap-
pointed assistant to the vice-president of operations in 1950,
became assistant vice-president in 1956, and vice-president of
research and development in 1959. In 1970 he became vice-
president of planning and technology.
Dr. Fetters was wiclely known throughout the international
steel industry, and received recognition and numerous honors
in other areas of the engineering community. He served as
chairman of the Iron and Steel Division of the American Insti-
tute of Mining, Metallurgical, en cl Petroleum Engineers (AIME)
in 1958-1959, and as president of The Metallurgical Society
(TMS) of AIME in 1961-1962. In ~ 964 he was president of AIME.
He was a fellow gracle member of both TMS and the American
Society for Metals (ASM). He served on several key committees
of these societies, including a two-year term as a national trustee
of ASM, representing that society at metallurgical conferences in
Europe in 1955. He was also a chairman of the Mahoning Valley
Chapter of ASM. He served as a member of the General Research
Committee of the American Iron and Steel Institute en cl as a
director of the American Standards Association, and was a
member of iron ant} steel professional associations in Great
Britain and Germany. He authored or coauthored many techni-
cal papers. He visited and interacted with iron and steed industry
personnel throughout the Western Hemisphere, Europe, and
Asia, particularly in Japan.
Dr. Fetters possessed great personal energy and wide interests.
He was an active and skilled yachtsman, and was involved in
teaching courses in seamanship, piloting, and boating safe to. He
was also a ham radio operator with contacts all over the world.
Photographywas another of his areas of expertise, and one of his
most enjoyable hobbies.
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A key aspect of the outstanding career of Karl Fetters was his
communication skills, en c] in particular, his ability to express his
experience and outlook to those who benefited from his advice.
He could share his own experience as well as his perspective on
current and future situations when presenting an evaluation of
a challenge or opportunity. The incorporation of this skill and
ability in working with younger colleagues represented a special
quality of Karl Fetters. He was outspoken in his support of
corporate research. Even more significant was his encourage-
ment of indivicluals to extend their limits in contributing to our
society. His perspective has hac3 a significant impact in defining
the goals of younger people following paths similar to his own.
The career of Karl Fetters can be looked on in terms of his
success, for example, his achievements and professional recog-
nition. Indeed, however, one must not only acknowledge the
exceptional accomplishments that followed from his own abili-
ties, but also recognize his perception and sensitivity in commu-
nicating many of these skills to those associated with him.
His dedication and expertise remain with those who were
associated with him, and the many who follow in similar career
paths. Karl Fetters was a leader and a pioneer in creating a model
role by example, and in defining future goals in his area of the
engineering profession.
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