Donald Elwood Maxwell
March 8, 2012 - Donald Elwood Maxwell, retired Lab physicist, died March 8, in Piedmont, Calif. He was 87.Born Aug. 31, 1924, in San Jose, Calif. to Donald A and Bessie Maxwell, he was known for his creative and inventive talents and passions.After graduating from Santa…
David Nowak
March 6, 2012 - David Nowak, a pioneering nuclear weapons physicist who helped create the modern stockpile and who was instrumental in establishing the Laboratory as a global leader in high performance computing, died March 6.Nowak joined the Lab in 1972 in A Division (…
William F. Cummins III
Feb. 29, 2012 - Retired Lab nuclear physicist William F. Cummins III, formerly a resident of Fort Bragg, Calif., died Feb. 29, in Decatur, Ga. He was 79.Born Nov. 20, 1932, in Vicksburg, Miss., he was the eldest of three children of William F. Cummins II and Alice Hunt…
Bruce Alan Bettencourt
Feb. 28, 2012 - Bruce Alan Bettencourt died Feb. 28 in Fremont. He was 57.Born in Oakland on Dec. 18, 1954, to Ernest and Thelma (Gifford) Bettencourt, he graduated from Alhambra High School in Martinez in 1973 and received his bachelor's degree from Cal State Hayward (…
Val Ribota
Feb. 23, 2012 - Val Ribota, a Lab retiree, died Feb. 23 at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital. He was 72.Born Feb. 14, 1940, in Nogales, Mexico, he lived in Tracy 63 years. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1967 and then worked as a maintenance engineer at the…
John F. Wild
Feb. 21, 2012 - John F. Wild, a retired Lab nuclear chemist, died Feb. 21 at his home in Danville. He was 69.Born Jun. 20, 1942 in Erie, Pa., he graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 1964 and received his Ph.D. in nuclear…
Richard Hutchins Dyer Sr.
Feb. 11, 2012 - Richard Hutchins Dyer Sr., a Lab retiree and resident of Danville, died Feb. 11 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Redwood City, Calif., from complications of a stroke. He was 81.Born Jan. 11, 1931, in Washington, D.C., Dyer was a U.S. Navy veteran.…
Victor C. Alkire Sr.
Feb. 10, 2012 - Victor C. Alkire Sr., a longtime Tracy resident and Lab retiree, died at his home Feb. 10. He was 93.Alkire was born March 31, 1918, in McComb, Okla., and settled in Tracy in 1957.He served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II and the Korean…
Christopher Gatrousis
Feb. 6, 2012 - Former LLNL associate director and retired scientist Christopher Gatrousis died Feb. 6 after a long battle with cancer. He was 83.A longtime resident of Livermore, Gatrousis was the youngest of five children born to Greek immigrants George and Irene…
Donald Gabriel Miller
Feb. 3, 2012 - Donald Miller, retired Lab scientist and lifelong civic activist, died of cancer Feb. 3. He was 84.Miller was born and raised in Oakland, Calif., the son of Nathan Harry Miller, the chief deputy district attorney to Earl Warren in Alameda County, and…
Clinton Everett Bottomley
Jan. 28, 2012 - Clinton Everett Bottomley, Lab retiree and resident of Castro Valley, Calif. died Jan. 28. He was 88.Born March 4, 1924, in Warwick, R I., he graduated from high school, attended machinist college and worked as a machinist.He came to California in 1957…
Floyd Dean Hyde
Jan. 27, 2012 - Floyd Dean Hyde, a retired Lab machinist, died in Livermore Jan. 27. He was 91.Born Feb. 18, 1920, in Couvers Crossing, Youngsville, Pa., to Percy and Florence Hyde, he entered the U.S. Navy in 1938.On Dec. 7, 1941, Hyde was aboard the destroyer USS Helm…
Roy C. Pendley
Jan. 23, 2012 - Roy C. Pendley, a Capitola resident, died Jan. 23. He was 76.Born in Alabama on June 20, 1936, to Eugene Pendley and Ada Branch, he was raised in Oakland, Calif. and attended Castlemont High School.He received an AA degree from Cabrillo College. Pendley…
Larry Ronald Nunley
Jan. 20, 2012 - Larry Ronald Nunley Sr., a Lab retiree, died Jan. 20 at the Hospice of San Joaquin in Stockton. He was 75.Born in Tracy, Calif., he graduated from Tracy High school where he played football. He lived his entire life in Tracy. He worked at the Lab in the…
Pauline Wilson
Jan. 14, 2012 - Pauline Wilson, a Lab retiree, died Jan. 14 in Merced, Calif. She was 80.Born June 24, 1931 to Frank and Eva Miczo, Wilson was raised in Mt. Jewett, Pa. and then later moved to California where she lived in Pleasanton more than 40 years. She lived in…
Carol Passos
Jan. 14, 2012 - Carol Janice Passos, a retired associate administrator, and 33-year resident of Las Vegas, died Jan. 14. She was 65.Born in San Diego, she grew up in nearby Mission Bay.Her career spanned 26 years. She was an associate administrator for the project…
Edward Charles Ambrose
Jan. 10, 2012 - Edward Charles Ambrose, a Lab retiree, died. Jan. 10. He was 78.Ambrose was born in Oakland and grew up in Albany, among many Italian relatives. He lived in Livermore 50 years. He worked at the Laboratory from 1959 to 1991.Some of his favorite pastimes…
John Fletcher
Jan. 8, 2012 - John G. Fletcher, a Lab retiree and 50-year resident of the Tri-Valley, died at his home in Livermore, Jan. 8, after a ten-month battle with cancer. He was 77.Fletcher was the only child born to Howard and Linda Fletcher on Oct. 28, 1934, in Aberdeen, S.…
Edith Scadden Delucchi
Jan. 2, 2012 - Edith Scadden Delucchi, a retired Lab chemist, died Jan. 2. She was 87.Born May 6, 1925 to Thomas Alfred and Mildred Octavia (Hickey) Scadden, in San Francisco, she attended St. Rose Academy in San Francisco. In 1947 she earned a bachelor's degree in…
Warren L. Owings
Jan. 2, 2012 - Lab retiree Warren L. Owings died Jan. 2 in Lodi, Calif. He was 89.Born April 3, 1922, in St. Joseph Mo., Owings graduated from high school in Portland, Ore. in 1941. He then served in the Navy until 1947. He served on the USS Lamberton and the USS…
