In Memoriam [Bernard Hecht]

Summary form only given, as follows. The Engineering Profession lost one of its most respected personalities with the passing of Bernard Hecht this past January. Mr. Hecht, a consultant and expert in the field of Statistics and Quality Control, is well known in the Los Angeles area where he had been active in heading the IEEE Professional Group on Reliability and Component Parts during his active career. It is well worth noting that Mr. Hecht founded the Los Angeles Chapter of the Professional Group on Reliability. He was also a Fellow of the ASQC and very active in their affairs. Mr. Hecht had excellent experience in building and sett\´ing standards for Quality Control and Reliability operations across the Continental United States and Overseas. He Will be well remembered for his intense interest in the new and maturing aspects of Reliability analysis as well as for his practical support of the Reliability Group as a persistent subscriber to the Institutional Listings of the G-R Transactions. Many technical articles written by Mr. Hecht will be used for years to come, but the profession has lost the man who "could get the job done" by his very drive. The thing that will live after Mr. Hecht is the stature he has given to the field of Quality and Reliability Engineering.