• Brian James, 90, who served as president of the Rubber Association of Canada from 1985 to 1996, Feb. 3.
• Bill Bregar, 58, reporter for Plastics News, a sister publication of Rubber & Plastics News, April 5.
• Balaji Singh, founder and president of Chemical Market Resources Inc., March 29.
• Lee J. Vandenberg, 72, a rubber industry veteran who built his career with BFGoodrich and was active in the ACS Rubber Division, May 3.
• Philip Friedlander Jr., 90, the former executive vice president of the National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association, June 2.
• James McGraw, 70, had a 40-year career in the synthetic rubber industry, first with American Synthetic Rubber Corp. and then with the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, June 8.
• Tom LeClair, 76, vice president of sales at Vip Rubber & Plastic Co. Inc., July 13.
• Charles (Chuck) Slaybaugh Jr., 80, served 15 years in the editorial departments of Rubber & Plastics News and sister publication Tire Business, June 28.
• Robert E. Mercer, 96, spent more than four decades working for Goodyear and was chairman and CEO in 1986 when Sir James Goldsmith launched a raid on Goodyear, Aug. 28.
• Peter Schofield, 84, former director of labor relations and chief negotiator for Firestone and Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., Sept. 7.
• Ed Kalail, 87, longtime director of communications at General Tire, Sept. 26.
• Aubert "Aubie" Coran, worked for Monsanto, was editor of Rubber Chemistry and Technology, and the 1995 recipient of the Rubber Division's Charles Goodyear Medal, Oct. 20.
• Harry "Gus" Garrett, 77, a longtime executive with Dow Chemical Co., Oct. 24.
• Cliff Chaffee, 74, co-founder and executive vice president of BRC Rubber & Plastics Inc., Oct. 30.
• Stanley Pauley, 93, the longtime CEO of Carpenter Holdings Inc., Nov. 20.
