Hans Joachim Liebe

Hans Joachim Liebe passed away peacefully on August 2nd after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 78. The son of Margarete and Fritz Liebe, he was born in Insterburg, East Prussia, Germany on January 21, 1934. He married Roswita Borgwardt in 1963.

In 1964, he graduated magna cum laude from the Technical University of Berlin where he earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering. In 1965, he moved from Germany to the United States with his family.

Mr. Liebe worked for the Institute for Telecommunications Sciences (ITS) in Boulder from 1966 until his retirement in 1995. Mr. Liebe was awarded the Senior US Scientist Humboldt Award (1976), Department of Commerce Silver Medals (1984 and 1991) for meritorious service and outstanding publications, and the Harry Diamond Memorial Award (2002) for distinguished technical contributions in the field of millimeter wave propagation. Mr. Liebe was a Life Fellow of IEEE and a member of the US National Committee of International Union of Radio Science (USNC/URSI), Commissions A and F.

Hans was a loving father and husband who cherished spending time with his family in the great outdoors. He was an avid swimmer, hiker, skier and tennis player.

In addition to his wife of 49 years, Roswita, he leaves behind his two daughters, Christi Liebe (Jon Gilbertson) of Carnation, WA, and Annette Liebe (husband Scott MacLowry), and granddaughter Isabel Rose all of Bend, OR and a sister, Elvira Christians of Berlin, Germany.

A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 2:00 PM at Crist Mortuary, Boulder, CO. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties, 2594 Trailridge Drive East, Lafayette, CO 80026.