In Memoriam: TAPPI Fellow, Lewis D. Shackford (1954 – 2020)
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We celebrate the life of longtime TAPPI member and Fellow, Lewis D. Shackford who passed away on October 25th, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer. He will be remembered for his lasting contributions to our great industry.
He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UMass Lowell and worked as a pulp and paper engineer for many years, the last few before retirement with Valmet in Nashua as Vice President of Innovation, and previously with GL&V, Beloit Corporation and IMPCO.
Lew’s impact in the pulp and paper industry lives on. As a true leader, he joined the TAPPI Leadership Council (1996 – 2001) and served as part of TAPPI Board of Directors (1997 - 2005). He is author and co-author of several TAPPI publications, including the Evolution of Bleach Plant Design Practice to Minimize Environmental Impact.
Lew was full of life! He loved Shackford BBQ's (complete with potato guns, massive firework displays and scotch tastings), vacations at the lake and ocean, Caribbean travel, or just running around the yard with his grandkids. He was the consummate host and was always up for making charcuterie boards and having drinks with family and friends. As an engineer, he lived to design spreadsheets, make lists of favorite authors, places to travel, service records for home appliances, and even charted his medications - whatever needed to be catalogued. He was always a gentleman and a true engineer.
He will be forever loved and remembered by his wife of 42 years Sally Jane (Burnham) Shackford; two daughters, Liana (Shackford) Wojcicki and her husband David of Merrimack and Mallory Shackford and her fiancé Tim Maslow of Boston, MA; three grandchildren, Beckham, Poppy and Jackson; three siblings, Richard Shackford and his wife Georgette, Paul Shackford and his wife Barbara, and Phyllis Faiola, along with several nieces and nephews.
