K. Wendell Chen

K. Wendell Chen, a professor, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2008, in Arlington at the age of 70.
Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, in Moore Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials: The family suggests remembrances be made in Dr. K. Wendell Chen's name to the American Red Cross China Earthquake Relief Fund at http://american.redcross.org.
Dr. Chen was born in Anwhei, China. After attending Keio High School in Tokyo, Japan, he came to the U.S. in 1955 to attend the University of Washington in Seattle. After graduating from UW with a B.A. in physics (1960), he pursued his post-graduate education at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and received a Ph.D. for physics (1964). Dr. Chen then took a position as an assistant professor at Princeton University, N.J. (1964-1972), a professor at Michigan State University (1973-1979), a senior scientist at Fermilab in Btavia, Ill., and a senior scientist at the European Center for Nuclear Research in Switzerland (1980-81). From 1981 until his retirement, he was a professor and director of the Center for Accelerator Sciences and Technology at the University of Texas at Arlington. He served as a member of the panel in high energy physics for the National Academy of Sciences and also was a fellow of the American Physical Society. Dr. Chen was instrumental in the consortium for the Superconducting Supercollider project, which took place in Waxahachie.
Survivors: Dr. K. Wendell Chen is survived by his son, Henry R. Chen of San Francisco, Calif.; and daughter, Kristina M. Chen of Los Angeles, Calif.