Phi Delta Theta FraternityWhat’s been happening: Winfield Scott Bigelow, Jr. (Scott Bigelow) of Sandia Park, NM, died September 22nd, 2014 in Albuquerque, NM from complications from Lewy-Body Dementia and Parkinson's Disease. He was 70 years old. Scott was born July 15, 1944 in Upper Darby, PA to Ethel and Winfield S Bigelow. He is survived by his wife, Linda Puckett Bigelow of Sandia Park, NM; four children, and an ex-spouse. Scott had a distinguished career as a chemist, physicist, and engineer. He obtained a BS in Chemistry from Union College in 1966, an MS in Nuclear Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1968, and a Ph.D. in Physics from AFIT in 1983. He held a number of important positions both in the Air Force and in a number of small companies. He was the director of a chemical analysis laboratory for the Air Force. He later helped develop High Power Microwave sources for the Air Force, where he served as Chief of Beam Physics and Chief of Computational Physics. He later worked for a number of engineering firms in Albuquerque, the most recent being Farr Research, where he spent 16 years. There, he studied a variety of Ultra-Wideband antennas and devices, including the Impulse Radiating Antennas. Scott was particularly well known for developing very large and complex computer codes. He published many technical papers and attended many conferences, both locally and abroad. His career was recently recognized by election to Fellow status by the Summa Foundation, which is the preeminent academic organization in High Power Electromagnetics. |