Georgia Biomedical Instrumentation Society (GBIS) Executive Director Horace Hunter, a co-founder of the organization, passed away this week.
Horace Hunter was the Assistant Director of Engineering at Archbold Medical Center (now retired). He was in the biomedical/clinical engineering field for more than 35 years. He was one of the pioneers in forming the South Georgia Biomedical Association and Georgia Biomedical Instrumentation Society which is now the lone association for biomeds in Georgia. He was also instrumental in developing the state curriculum for technical institutes for the state of Georgia. He was also an instructor for the Southwest Georgia Technical College Biomed program in Thomasville, Georgia.
The news comes just four months after the passing of another GBIS co-founder. Clarence Michael “Mike” O’Rear Sr., a United States Army Veteran, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2022.
Hunter’s death also comes in the same month that GBIS is featured as the Association of the Month in TechNation magazine.
This article will be updated.