Gordon-Woodcock-Obituary

Gordon Roy Woodcock

Huntsville, Alabama

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Gordon Roy Woodcock passed away on October 17, 2020. Gordon was born in Corvallis, Oregon on April 6, 1933 to Arthur and Helen Woodcock. He graduated from Oregon State with a B.S in Aeronautical Engineering and from the University of Washington with an M.S in Nuclear Engineering. As a child he...

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Gordon Woodcock's work was an inspiration to me and many other space professionals, students, and other associates. He left a magnificent legacy in the breadth and depth of his many contributions to mankind's future in space. I met him at many National Space Society conferences. He was the first person I visited at his home after I chartered the Space Solar Power Institute, a 501(c)3, in 1997.
I didn't know it at the time, but he lived less than a mile from our house in Jones Valley...