Electrical engineer

Life member, 81; died 16 January

Arnold was an electrical engineer and computer support specialist. He began his career in 1967 at sewing machine manufacturer Singer in New York City. As supervisor of electrical design and electromechanical equipment, he developed new electronic and motor package subsystems for high-volume consumer sewing machines.

Arnold left Singer in 1983 to join Revlon, a New York City–based cosmetics company, as director of electrical engineering. There he designed electronic and pneumatic systems for automated manufacturing and robotic automation.

Ten years later he changed careers, becoming a computer support specialist at Degussa Corp., a chemical manufacturing company in Piscataway, N.J. Degussa is now part of Evonik.

Arnold retired in 2006 and became a consultant.

He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1969 from the Newark College of Engineering (now the New Jersey Institute of Technology). He earned a master’s degree in EE in 1975 from NJIT.