 As ATAA, we are very saddened to learn the passing away of two prominent Turkish leaders, Mr. Yüksel Oktay of New Jersey and Professor Tayfur Altıok of Rutgers University.
Yüksel Oktay was an international energy consultant with over 40 years of experience in power plant design, construction and development. He was a founding member and first president of Society of Turkish American Engineers, Scientists and Architects (MIM), New York, NY and was a founding member of the Project Management Institute, Istanbul, Turkey. He was also the president of the Federation of the Turkish American Associations (FTAA) in New York in 1973. Yüksel was a visionary, an intellectual, an avid reader of history, and a prolific researcher and writer. He always fought for the truth and justice and he did that with endless energy, determination, compassion, and elegance. During the few past years, he was leading a great project, the establishment of a Turkish Library and Museum in New Jersey.
Tayfur Altıok was a professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Director of the Laboratory for Port Security at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, New Jersey Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, Rutgers Academic Excellence Fund and various industries for a number of years. He was a Fulbright awardee and had numerous publications including two books in the areas of simulation modeling and performance analysis of manufacturing systems.
ATAA offers deepest condolences to the Oktay and Altıok families.
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