A Salute to Professor David Kirk

Author:  Kathy Levy | Associate Editor | The Shot Peener Magazine
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 39, Issue 2, Spring 2025
Doc ID:  2025009
Year of Publication:  2025
Abstract:  
While the staff of The Shot Peener is very sorry to lose a valued contributor to the magazine, we recognize that Professor Kirk deserves to retire at 92 years of age! The following are quotes from some of the people that have been influenced by his advancement of our industry. ABOUT PROFESSOR DAVID KIRK Professor David Kirk was born into a multi-generational steel-working family in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. His grandfather was the operational head of a rolling mill and his father was an open-hearth steelmaker and a part-time lecturer at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology. David won a scholarship to a local grammar school and his academic success secured three scholarships to the University of Birmingham where he studied Industrial Metallurgy. He was the first member of his family to attend university. Professor Kirk received a Department of Science scholarship after graduation. He then obtained a doctorate for a thesis titled “The Hot Working of Metals.”