Jim Gistis passed away September 15, 2015, after an eight-year battle with ALS.

HORIBA Ltd. announced the death of the company founder and Supreme Counsel, Dr. Masao Horiba, who passed away on July 14, 2015.

Mike Bauer, former Vice President of Technical and Regulatory Affairs for Tnemec Co. Inc., passed away on July 3, 2014, at age 70.

Sherwin-Williams Scientist Thomas E. “Tom” Gosz of Portage, IN, passed away June 30, 2014.

Bruce Allen Johnson passed away on October 21, 2013, in Barrington, IL, after a three-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer.

John L. Armitage, 96, of Essex, CT, formerly of Madison, NJ, and Morris Plains, NJ, died peacefully on May 14, 2013.

Stanley LeSota passed away March 25, 2013, at the age of 86.

Kenneth N. Edwards, retired CEO of the Dunn-Edwards Corp. and one of the country’s leading polymer chemists, passed away on February 20, 2013. He was 80.

Attorney Jerome Heckman passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2013. Heckman’s work with SPI, the plastics industry trade association, spans nearly 60 years.

Willard N. Swanson Jr., former owner of The Willard Swanson Co., a regional chemical distributor based in St. Paul, MN, passed away on January 2, 2013.