James Glenn Pitzer

Jim was born in Charleston, West

Virginia. His father Glenn's work with

Union Carbide brought his family,

including his mother Jeanne, brother

Tom, and sister Bobbi to live in many

places throughout the U.S. and

Canada. After graduating from

Ossining High School in New York he

joined the USAF, serving in Thule,

Greenland as a radar specialist.

He graduated TriState

College in

Indiana in 1965 with a degree in

mechanical engineering. He has two

sons, James R. and Daniel G.

Pitzer, from a former marriage with

Linda (Hearn). He married Christine

(Conrad) in 1977 and had two sons

Jesse G. and Gregory J. Pitzer.

His career encompassed a broad

spectrum of engineering applications,

including aircraft landing gear,

automotive disc brakes, molding

systems, robotic guided productions

and heavy vehicle safety systems. RCA

brought him to Indianapolis where he

continued a consumer electronics

focus, having earned a patent for a

tape deck indexing mechanism while at

Motorola. His aviation experience took

him to Naval Avionics and he later

retired from Raytheon after proudly

working on missile guidence systems

and Polaris for our national defence.

Jim loved children and animals. He was

"Uncle Jim" to the neighborhood kids.

His interests included music, history

automobiles, photography, astronomy,

all things mechanical or electrical and

sharing that knowledge with everyone.

His enthusiasm inspired many others.

Jim was funny, inventive, truly a one of

a kind character. He insisted we should

"buy American before it was bye

America." We also often heard "If

you aren't measuring then you're only

guessing." His inventiveness put him on

a different plain than the rest of us, with

his reasoning often bringing a unique

perspective.

He will be missed by all who knew him.

He is survived by his wife

Christine; brother Tom; sons Jim

(Elizabeth), Dan (Amy), Jesse, and

Greg; former spouse Linda; and a host

of grandchildren. He was preceded by

his parents, Glenn and Jeanne

(Denton), and sister Roberta Federico.