Discovery Park

Birck Nanotechnology Center

Remembering Casey Heaton

As you are well aware, the BNC lost a member of its family last week with the untimely death of Casey Heaton.  Casey’s contributions to BNC were legion, but more importantly we lost a very good friend.  Several things are underway to honor Casey’s memory.

Memorial Service

A memorial service to honor Casey will be held this Saturday, 11 August 2007, from 1:00 – 3:30 PM at Sunset Memory Garden in Kokomo (2097 West Alto Road).  This will include a time when Casey’s friends may honor him with an anecdote or personal reminiscence in an open-microphone format.  This will be followed by a reception at Casey’s fraternity on Saratoga Avenue in Kokomo.  Directions follow.

BNC Ceremony

There was a request from several members of the BNC family to provide a time to honor Casey in BNC.  We will have a short ceremony at 9:00 AM Friday, 10 August 2007, in BRK 1001. 

Casey Memorial Donation

A collection is being taken in honor of Casey by Melissa Lane at the BNC lobby.  The money collected will be used to upgrade the AXIC PECVD system in the BNC cleanroom.  Casey was instrumental in the final design of this system, and it was his favorite piece of equipment in the facility.  Following the upgrade, the system will be named in Casey’s honor and an appropriate plaque will be placed at the window of the bay where the AXIC is located.

Please join us in honoring the life of Casey Heaton through these events.  While his life was cut short, Casey will be with us through his many contributions to BNC, to Delphi, and to Texas Instruments, but most of all through the mark he left on each of our lives.  He was a good friend and loyal colleague.  He will be sorely missed.

In honor of Casey,

John

John R. Weaver

Facility Manager

Birck Nanotechnology Center

Purdue University

(765) 494-5494

jrweaver@purdue.edu