David Meister conquered all the pinnacles in his profession, Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE), sailed past the normal retirement age and continued contributing to the understanding and applications of his field until his very last days. He died at 81 on March 23 in California of complications from congestive heart failure.
One former associate, Steven Casey, Ph.D.,CPE, remembers Dr. Meister as
This article originally appeared in The Ergonomics Report™ on 2006-04-11.