In Memoriam - Roy Siskin

Chemical Engineering Progress, Jan 2008

Roy A. Siskin, 89, died on Oct. 1, 2007 in Alexandria, VA, where he had most recently resided. He worked for over 40 years for the American Gas Association (AGA), receiving the highest award his division bestowed the Gold Award of Merit - which was given only one other time in the entire history of the Operating Section.

Siskin started with AGA in 1946 in the research department of the Association's laboratories in Cleveland, OH, and was then advanced to the headquarter's research department. He next worked in AGA's Utilization Bureau as manager of the Department of Operating and Engineering Services and then director of Operating and Engineering Services. He managed all of the research and utilization conferences and later the distribution and transmission conferences.

Siskin served as president of the The Society for the Advancement of Food Service Research and was a member of the: American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Gas Appliance Engineers Society; American Ceramic Society; Air Pollution Control Association; and Combustion Institute.

He was a graduate of case Institute of Technology and a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving in the China Burma India Theater in World War II. Siskin was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Dec. 31, 2007, with full military honors. He is survived by: his wife of 61 years, Dorothy Leichtman Siskin; his daughter Marlene Miller and her husband Marshall; his son Clifford Siskin and his wife Leslie; five grandchildren, Leland and Natalie Miller, Corin Swift and her husband Raf Adams, Nathaniel Swift, and Johanna Siskin and her husband Chris Hahn; and two great-grandchildren, Dylan Swift and Henry Adams.