Peter Watt Maden

Peter Watt
    Maden, 68
     ZUG, SWITZERLAND -- Peter Watt Maden, 68, passed away suddenly on Jan. 28, 2008, in Zug, Switzerland.
     He was born Oct. 2, 1939, in Boston, Mass., the son of the late Theodore Ronald and Mary Elisabeth (Watt) Maden of Ashland, Mass., and was a long time resident of Maine.
     Peter graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1961 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He began his 35 year career with Sprague Electric Company (later Vishay Sprague). He held many senior technical and management positions in the company including vice president and general manager of the Sprague Tantalum Capacitor Division. Peter was an internationally recognized expert in his field. He had extensive business and professional relationships throughout the world including his pioneering association with tantalum mining companies in China which began in the early 1980s. Peter loved to travel, was an accomplished woodworker, and lifelong learner, a truly renaissance man.
     He is survived by his wife, Bing Mei Hao of Zug, Switzerland and York; sisters, Sheila Maden of Lewes, Del., and Carol Ducharme of Blackstone, Mass.; two daughters and their families, Michele and Todd Mansfield, Mass.; grandsons Joshua and Benjamin of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Amy Maden and Todd Henninger of High Bridge, N.J.; and his adoring Corgi, Radar.
     A memorial service will be held at the York Street Baptist Church, 61 York St., in York, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, at 10 a.m., with a reception following the service.
    Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the University of
    Massachusetts School of
    Engineering.
    Checks should be payable to UMASS Amherst, and sent to the attention of Mr. Michael Chernoff:
     140 Marston Hall School of
    Engineering University of
    Massachusetts at Amherst
     Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 with a note that it is in memory
    of Peter Maden.