Retired Professor Beenfeldt Dies at 66

Eric Beenfeldt, a UMaine electrical and computer engineering faculty member who retired in May, died on Dec. 15 at the age of 66.  Beenfeldt, a former NASA engineer who also earned a UMaine master’s degree before joining the faculty, lived in Belfast.  A private family ceremony is planned for spring.  Donations in his memory may be made to the Mesothelioma Research Fund, care of Dr. David Sugarbaker, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115-9950.  An obituary appeared in Saturday’s Bangor Daily News.