[Lf] Fwd: Ralph Burhans

[Frank Gentges KØBRA]

Hi,

I received word of Ralph Burhans passing and sent condolences for the group 
at AMRAD.

Frank Gentges K0BRA



>Just came across my father-in-law's name on your website -- below is his
>obituary, fyi.  (he just passed away.)  He was thrilled by your mention
>of him on the site, btw!)
>Hilarie Burhans
>
>
>Ralph W. Burhans passed away peacefully on Friday, April 27, 2001. He
>was 78 years old.
>
>Born in Cleveland Ohio on May 30, 1922, he was the son of the late
>Everett Hurst Burhans and Geneva Wellman Burhans of Hudson, Ohio.
>
>In World War II he was a tech sargent radio and radar operator in B-17s
>and flew 33 combat missions over Nazi Germany. He attended Kent State
>University, graduated from Oberlin College, and did part time graduate
>work at Case Western Reserve University.
>
>He held a position as a research associate at Sohio Research in
>Cleveland, originating eight patents assigned to Sohio.. Most notable is
>a patent on “microballoons”, hollow plastic or silica spheres used as
>ablative heat shielding on spacecraft and as insulating material.
>
>He was a research engineer and lecturer at the Ohio University Avionics
>Engineering Center, and had more than 70 papers, reports, and articles
>published in the NASA archives and various technical journals. He was a
>member of the International Loran Association, the Audio Engineering
>Society, the Institute for Navigation, and Sigma Xi, the scientific
>honorary.
>
>While on leave from Ohio University, he was Station Manager of the
>mmwave radio telescope operated by the National Radio Astronomy
>Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona during its final construction phases
>in 1966-1967.
>
>He was a member of the ACLU, the Unitarian Fellowship of Athens, the
>National Audubon Society, and the Athens County Humane Society.
>
>He was preceded in death by his wife Jane Cuthbert Burhans. He is
>survived by his sons, Mark John Burhans and Dirk Everett Burhans, and
>grandchildren Emily Jane Burhans, Ryland Lee Burhans, and Shawna Cady
>Burhans.
>
>His remains have been willed to the Ohio University College of Medicine.
>A memorial service will be held at the Unitarian Fellowship on Sunday,
>May 13 at noon.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Athens
>County Humane Society Cat Shelter.
>
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Frank Gentges KØBRA
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