PETER E. GLASER

PETER GLASER Obituary

Name: Service for PETER E. GLASER
Start: 2014-06-02T14:30:00.000Z
Location: Temple Emunah

GLASER--Peter E., of Lexington, MA, on May 29, 2014. Mr. Glaser is a survivor of the Holocaust. Beloved husband of Eva (Graf) Glaser. Devoted father of David Glaser (Debra Stone), Steven Glaser (Roxanne), Susan Goodman (Robert). Dear grandfather of Daniel, Sarah, Ruby, Emily, Dixie, Joshua, Annie and Eliana. Services at Temple Emunah, 9 Piper Road, Lexington, MA on Monday, June 2 at 10:30am. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024 or to Temple Emunah, 9 Piper Road, Lexington, MA 02421. Services by Brezniak-Rodman Funeral Directors, Newton, MA.

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Published by New York Times on May 31, 2014.

Memories and Condolences
for PETER GLASER

16 Entries

Janet CARISTO-VERRILL

May 24, 2023

We, humanity, really need Peter today, 5/24/23.

Janet R CARISTO VERRILL

June 10, 2021

Peter will never be forgotten.

Janet Caristo-Verrill

May 26, 2020

Every year that passes reminds me of how perspicacious Peter was in his every vision of the future that is our sad "now." We should have drafted him for President.

Janet Caristo-Verrill

June 9, 2014

Of all the "macro" thinkers who emerged in the last century, Dr. Glaser was the greatest scientist and overall conceptualist with whom I had the honor to work when I was President of the Boston Chapter of the American Society of Macro Engineering and he was VP of Science and Technology for Arthur D. Little. I then became the Main Representative of his Sunsat Energy Council that he initiated at the UN and which I continue to this day in the hope his Solar Power Satellites will one day be realized. In retrospect, what I learned from Peter's predictions in our informal discussions, alone, in the 80's has all come to pass at the beginning of this century. Peter was a great humanitarian and worthy of the word "genius." It was my great privilege to work with him since the early 80's and to enjoy knowing his lovely wife Eva all those years.
Janet Caristo-Verrill, Wayland, MA

Katie Errera Van Dorpe

June 5, 2014

I had the honor of working as Peter's Secretary at Arthur D. Little for several years. He was a gentleman and an easy person to work with and always overlooked those moments when I was not at my most efficient....this includes when I, by accident, dropped the Corning Award on the floor and it "squished" into a different shape. Peter smiled with an "oh well" shrug.

Jeanie Pelletier

June 3, 2014

Although I am saddened to hear about Peter's passing, I have some sense that his Creator is safely guiding him to a new life. Thank you for allowing us to be part of his journey.

June 2, 2014

I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Dr. Peter Glaser. I first got to know Peter while I was a doctoral student at New York University, and remember how honored I was when he autographed my copy of his book on solar power satellites. I was even more honored several years later, when I was given the opportunity to co-author a chapter in an updated edition of the book. Peter and I also co-chaired a session at a Princeton Space Studies Institute conference. I will always remember fondly his vision, intelligence, humility, and kindness, as he took this young scientist under his wing and treated him as a colleague and equal. Of course, I can never fill his shoes, but can only continue to walk his path and blaze his trail as best as I can, and be as kind and helpful to the next generation of scientists and engineers as he was to me. Godspeed, Peter.

June 2, 2014

Steve,
Joe and I were very sorry for your loss. We are thinking of you at this sad time. Sincerely, Joe and Camille Paolillo

Herbert Magezi

June 2, 2014

I have come to know Peter for few years he was the guy who would give you simile and lighten up your day. He was a gentleman all the way to his last days may he rest in peace. one of his caregivers

June 1, 2014

We were so sorry to hear of Peter's passing. Our best to the family. JOAN & Norm Sonnenschein

June 1, 2014

So sorry to read of Peter's passing.

Judy Marcus

John Mankins

June 1, 2014

I will always remember Peter Glaser as a gentleman first, and a brilliant innovator second. I first met him in the mid-1990s when he generously helped to introduce me to the concept that he created: the Solar Power Satellite. He will be missed, but never forgotten by his friends and colleagues, and by people who never had the honor of meeting him.

May 31, 2014

May God comfort you. (1 Peter 5:6,7)

Keith Henson

May 31, 2014

I first met Peter Glaser at a conference organized by Gerard O'Neill in 1975. Both men were far-ranging visionaries and neither saw their dreams of power satellites and space colonies come true in their lifetimes. It's now up to us or, if we can't do it, the next generation.