Hyde McCune Merrill was born in 1943 and passed away peacefully in his home in Utah on 7 December 2022, surrounded by his loving daughters. Dr. Merrill earned degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering from the University of Utah and electrical engineering from MIT. He was a distinguished alumnus of the University of Utah Electrical Engineering Department. Dr. Merrill was a registered professional engineer in New York State and a Fellow of the IEEE “for contributions to decision analysis considering conflicting objectives and risk in electric power systems.” He was active on several IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) committees, and he chaired the 1995 Power Industry Computer Applications (PICA) Conference and chaired the PICA Policy Committee for four years.
During his career, he worked at Merrill Energy, LLC, which he founded to provide advanced risk, engineering, and economic analyses for participants in modern energy markets. Dr. Merrill was an adjunct professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and later returned to the University of Utah as an adjunct in the Merrill Engineering Building, named after his grandfather. Weeks before his death, he delivered a plenary session at the North American Power Symposium.
Dr. Merrill was the author of more than 40 technical publications and numerous articles. Dr. Merrill was also a history buff with a near-photographic memory as well as an avid reader and a consummate storyteller. He served for two years as the associate editor of the “History” column for IEEE Power & Energy Magazine.
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