Dr. Dame S. Hamby

Dame S. Hamby, 95, passed away at Springmoor Life Care Retirement of Raleigh on February 27, 2016. A native of Georgia he was born in Macon, Georgia July 8, 1920 and reared in Cartersville, Georgia. He graduated from Auburn University with a degree in textile engineering and was awarded an honorary Doctor of textiles degree by Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science.

His career in textiles included associations with; the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the Celanese Corporation and the B F Goodrich company prior to joining the faculty of the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University in 1948 as an Assistant Professor. He retired from the University in 1987 as Dean of the College of Textiles.

During his career with the college he was active in professional associations and elected a Fellow of the Textile Institute in England, The American Society for Quality Control, the American Society for Testing and Materials and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was named one of the Outstanding Educators of America, by American Men of Science and was awarded an Outstanding Alumnus Award by the College of Engineering at Auburn University. He was awarded the Institute Medal and Harold DeWitt Smith award. He was a charter member and served as Chairman of the Textile Division of the American Society for Quality Control. He was awarded the Burlington Industries Professorship by the University.

In addition to his responsibilities in the University he was in demand as a consultant to the textile industries of North and South America. While consulting in the Middle East he was instrumental in the design and construction of the mills to process Egyptian cotton. He was the author of several text books and numerous published articles in the field of textile quality control and statistical analysis of quality data. He was a Director of Tuscarora Yarns Company and an Elder in Milner Presbyterian Church.

He is predeceased by his wife of 69 years, Estelle Johnson Hamby and two children; a daughter, Barbara Hamby Foell and her husband, D. B. Foell, of Sevierville, TN, and a son, Michael Hamby, his wife Dorothy and son, Scott.

A Graveside service will be held on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., Raleigh Memorial Park, 7501 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh. The family will receive guests one hour prior to the service at Mitchell Funeral Home, 7209 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in his memory to NCSU, Dame and Estelle Hamby Scholarship Fund. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.MitchellatRMP.com