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Cameron George Pierce Jr.

Cameron Pierce Obituary

Cameron George Pierce, Jr. We are sad to notify you that after years of fighting with Parkinson disease, Cameron G Pierce, Jr., a resident in Palo Alto, passed away on Feb. 22 2008 in Stanford Hospital at the age of 64. Born in Syracuse New York on May 3rd, 1943, Cameron attended San Marino High school. He joined US Air force in 1967. After working in the Jet Propulsion Lab and Philco Ford company, Cameron settled in Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, where he worked for twenty five years as a design engineer. His favorite activities were surfing, shortwave radio, and "oldies but goodies" Cam is survived by his sisters, Gloria Andrews of San Jose, Marcia Neville of Paso Robles, Maurice Neville, brother-in-law, of Paso Robles, Nephews: Nathan Johnson of Felton, Erik Johnson of San Jose, Seth Andrews of Riverside, Morgan Neville of Eagle Rock, and Megan Goodwin of Glasgow, Scotland. Memorial services will be held in mid May, 2008. Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] for details.

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Published by San Jose Mercury News on Mar. 8, 2008.

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Louis Fernandez

March 10, 2008

I was a friend & Co-worker of Cam for about 10 years.Loved listening to his oldies but goody tunes and surfing stories.

Jerry Minister

March 10, 2008

"Cam" as we liked to call him, was a unique individual whose talents and hobbies took him far and wide. I worked with Cam for almost 15 years and he never ceased to amaze me. His surfing dedication was a driving force in his healthy years and beyond. This was a guy who went to Pacifica before sunrise to get in a couple of hours of surfing before coming to work. He always tried to enlist others in his passion including myself. The one and only time I did go surfing was after he insisted that I would make a great surfer. He provided all the gear the transportation and taught me the basics. On the fateful day we suited up and walked into the surf. I was in the water only up to my knees when a small wave came by and lifted the front of my board and nearly knocked me unconscious, obviously surfing was not for me. I and others at Stanford will miss you and I am glad we had the opportunity to visit and reminisce about the old days at SLAC, this past Christmas. May fair winds and smooth curls guide you on your final journey.

Your friend,
Jerry Minister

Anthony Tilghman

March 9, 2008

I was Cam's friend and his supervisor at SLAC with Research Group "G". We spent the day working and listening to 50's rock&roll. I'm going to dearly miss my rock&roll buddy. Rock on my brother!

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