PERRY S. PLEXICO

  
PERRY SPRATT PLEXICO  
Of Frederick, Maryland passed away on September 2, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Judith Anne Schmidt Plexico, their three children, Glen, Jacqueline and Kevin, their seven grandchildren, and Perry's sister, Judi. He was born in Georgia on June 23, 1939. His family moved to Snow Hill, Maryland when he was a teenager where he graduated from Snow Hill High School in 1957. He graduated from the University of Maryland earning a degree in Electrical Engineering then earning a master's degree from George Washington University in Applied Science. He dedicated his career to public service working at the National Institutes of Health. He started at NIH in 1962 and worked there his entire career until he retired in 2002 after forty years. His final title there was Deputy Director of the Center for Information Technology where he was responsible for the operation of the data center serving NIH and other federal agencies. He had many career accomplishments including serving on the board of directors for the Government Information Technology Executive Council and co-authoring a book entitled Data Abstraction and Object-Oriented Programming in C++. He and his wife were blessed to share 52 years of marriage together. They raised three children and he greatly enjoyed their company and the company of their seven grandchildren. He was a great gentleman and loving father and husband. He enjoyed nothing more than spending time with family at their house in Bethany Beach, Delaware. He enjoyed boating and being on the water, golfing and going for bike rides and walks. Family and friends are invited to join a memorial service for Perry on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Grace United Methodist Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland. In lieu of flowers, a memorial donation may be made to Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC.