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Smith Memorial

A memorial service for Institute Professor Emeritus Cyril Stanley Smith will be held Friday, Nov. 6, at 4pm in Killian Hall (Rm 14W-111).

Professor Smith, 88, a world-renowned metallurgist and historian of metallurgy, died at his Cambridge home on August 25.

John Bergerson

Word has been received of the September 2 death of John Bergerson of Centerville. Mr. Bergerson was a support staff member in the Comptroller's Accounting Office from 1949 until his retirement in 1983.

He leaves his wife, Joyce Bergerson, and two sone, Scott K. and David R. Bergerson.

Roy C. Mitchell
Roy C. Mitchell, 89, of Millis, a retired service staff member at Lincoln Laboratory, died on September 4. Mr. Mitchell worked at Lincoln from 1952 until his retirement in 1969.

Survivors include his wife, Rita Mitchell, a daughter, Shirley Mac Innes, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A version of this article appeared in the September 23, 1992 issue of MIT Tech Talk (Volume 37, Number 7).

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