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Two Staff Members Killed in Airplane Crash
Quinn Peyton, 31, a technical staff member of the Networked Systems Survivability Program at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), and his uncle, Kenneth Meyer, 54, machine shop foreman in the Department of Chemical Engineering, were killed at approximately 5:45 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 9, when the private aircraft they were flying crashed along U.S. 50 near Monarch Pass in Gunnison County, Colo.
According to news reports, the Cessna 172 aircraft crashed approximately 200 miles southwest of Denver.
Meyer, who won the Andy Award for Excellence in Satisfying Customers in 1996, was the shop foreman in chemical engineering for 22 years and earned his master's degree in physics from Carnegie Mellon in 1982. Peyton had been a member of the technical staff at the SEI since 1998.
Contributions in memory of Peyton may be made to the:
Western PA Audobon Society
Contributions in memory of Meyer may be made to the:
Ken Meyer Memorial Fund
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