TERRY F. GODLOVE Sr.

Terry F. Godlove, Sr.  
Died peacefully at his home in Silver Spring Maryland on August 20, 2015. He was born June 23, 1927, and raised in Kenilworth, Washington, DC. After spending a year at the University of Maryland and two years in the Navy, he graduated from Lafayette College in 1950, and received his Ph.D. in nuclear physics and accelerator technology from Yale University in 1955. He joined the Naval Research Laboratory in 1955. In 1962 he became the branch head of the former LINAC Branch (55 MeV electron linear accelerator); from 1975-1977 he was a branch head in the Plasma Physics Division. He worked at the U.S. Department of Energy as a program manager with emphasis on the heavy ion inertial fusion program from 1977-1986 and as a private consultant from 1987-1999. From 2000 until his death he was visiting senior research scientist at the University of Maryland, where he contributed to the building of the University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER). Active life-long as an elder in the Presbyterian Church, he is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Dorothy Miller Godlove, his two children, Terry, Jr., and Karen Godlove Malley, and four grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at the Riderwood chapel in Silver Spring on Friday, September 11 at 10:30 in the morning. In lieu of flowers, donations are welcome to Americans United for Separation of Church and State (https://support.au.org/tribute).