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Subject: Donald Holt STEWART (abt. 1921-2004) (obit.)
Date: 6 Oct 2004 14:09:38 -0600
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Surnames: STEWART, ALEXANDER, ROYCE, DELANEY, LACEY
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Donald H. Stewart
Donald Holt Stewart died of acute emphysema on Aug. 2, 2004, at Sutter Davis Hospital, just five days before his 84th birthday.
He was a resident of University Retirement Community and was a former Sausalito resident.
He was born in Rochester, N.Y., and graduated from the University of Michigan (Sigma Chi) in chemical engineering in 1942. A friend on the faculty there recommended that he go to New York and apply for the Manhattan Project, saying, "This was the secret way to win the war."
Stewart worked on the Manhattan Project, helping to develop the atom bomb. He worked on nuclear projects throughout his career, ending with a job at the Atomic Energy Commission in charge of the Plowshare Project, a civilian reactor program.
In 1978, he married the former Ruth Alexander, a Sausalito resident and watercolor artist. He worked lastly for U.R.S. Corp., a civil engineering company in San Mateo.
The couple retired to Davis in April 2000. He delivered a number of lectures at URC, informing residents about nuclear energy and his support of it.
Besides his wife, Stewart leaves behind five children, Mara Royce of La Habra Heights, Peggy Delaney of Spokane, Wash., Don Jr. of Kennewick, Wash., Charles Edward of Olympia, Wash., and Vanessa Lacey of Friday Harbor, Wash., and a number of grandchildren and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the American Lung Association or to the donor's favorite charity.
(Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Saturday, August 7, 2004, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise." (315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616) <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>;. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)
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