HENRY C. ALBERTS

 
Henry Celler Alberts  
Born August 23, 1927 in New York City, passed away May 7, 2015. Dr. Alberts, the grand nephew of longtime New York congressman Emanuel Celler and was a child musical prodigy giving piano concerts when he was 7, 8 and 9 years old. After joining the U.S. Navy at 17 to serve in WWII, he switched to science, graduating from Queens College with a BS in Math and Physics. He then received an M.S. from the University of Delaware and a PhD from City College, London, England. He worked on scientific projects for the U.S. Government and Government Contractors. He spent six years as a consultant at Stanford Research Institute working with the U.S. Army in California and Germany and with Swedish industry in Stockholm. He returned to work with the federal government and retired from the Department of Defense. As a retiree he taught at the University of Maryland, University College where he received the Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award. He was married for 65 years to his surviving spouse, Renee Miller Alberts; and father of four daughters, Jo Lee Lord, Nina Charnley, Hope Megonigal and Jody Naleppa; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Inurnment at a later date.