In memory of Glen Longhurst (1943-2022)

This presentation is devoted to the memory of our colleague and dear friend, Prof. Dr. Glen Longhurst, who passed away on May 12, 2021. Together with Mario Dalle Donne, Hiroshi Kawamura and Vladimir Shestakov, Glen was one of the co-founders of the Beryllium Workshop in 1991. After that, he was a member of the International Organizing Committee (IOC) for many years, and he actively worked on further development of the Workshop Series. In 2005, Glen hosted the BeWS-7 in Santa Barbara, California, USA as a satellite meeting of the ICFRM-12 conference, and the workshop was a great success. In 2012 during the BeWS-10 in Karlsruhe, he suggested the establishment of the Mario Dalle Donne Memorial award to honor outstanding contributions by scientists working in beryllium area. In the field of beryllium technology, Glen was well known for his investigations of beryllium behavior under irradiation, its handling, recycling, application for fusion and, especially, for his studies on the retention of accumulated tritium within beryllium. Glen developed the Tritium Migration Analysis Program (TMAP) for simulation of tritium transport and release, which has survived through seven major releases and is still regarded as the gold standard in the field today. A special award for lifetime achievement, in particular, for the establishment and development of the BeWS series, was presented to Prof. Emeritus G. Longhurst during the previous BeWS-14 held in Long Beach, California, USA in 2019. The following slides share some memories from this event. To honor Glen’s achievements, the IOC of the BeYOND Industrial Forum has decided to establish a Glen Longhurst Memorial Award for exceptional persons working on the edge between industry and technological applications of beryllium materials. Glen will be forever enshrined in our hearts as an outstanding scientist, a great personality, and a wonderful friend to us all.