Peter Paul

PAUL - Peter passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at his home in Setauket on March 11, 2017 at the age of 84. Peter was born in Dresden, Germany. He received a PhD from the University of Freiburg and held a postdoctoral position at Stanford University. Peter and Aniko met at Stanford and married in 1963. He joined the Physics Department at Stony Brook University in 1967, serving as chairman twice until his re-tirement in 2015. In 1998 he was appointed Deputy Director for Science and Technology at BNL. From 2001 until 2003 he served concurrently as Interim Director. In 2015 he was inducted into the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame. Peter is survived by his wife Aniko, three children, Susanne, Christina and Thomas, 8 grandchildren and brothers Jurgen and Andreas and his wife Ursula Peter was very much beloved and we will carry his love with us always. Visitations will be held Wednesday from 7-9 and Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 at Bryant Funeral Home (www.bryantfh.com) in Set- auket. In lieu of flowers donations would be appreciated to the SADS Foundation, in honor of Justin Paul, http://www.sads.org.