In Memoriam

John Joseph Curley II (MSEE ’66), 71, a resident of Chelmsford who worked at Raytheon Co. for more than two decades, died September 23, 2006. He and his wife Shirley would have celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on Nov. 9.

Born in Portland, Maine, Nov. 28, 1934, John earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maine at Orono in 1960, and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from USC in 1966. John retired in 1994, following a 27-year career as an electrical engineer at Raytheon Co. He was the author of numerous technical papers and was granted several patents.

John loved the outdoors — camping, boating and spending time at his lake house in Naples, Maine. His favorite place to be was where he was surrounded by his family, children and grandchildren.

Colonel William H. Goodwin (MSME ’58), U.S. Army (retired) of Fort Collins, passed away on August 3, 2006 at the age of 81. Born in 1925 in Richmond, Va., he grew up active in sports and Boy Scouts, rising to the rank of Eagle Scout. He left home early to attend secondary school and college, eventually graduating from the U.S.Military Academy at West Point in 1949. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army Field Artillery with his first assignment in postwar Germany. As an ROTC instructor at Purdue University, he met and married Susan Riggs in 1954. He was actively involved in the Army’s early missile development programs at sites in Texas, New Mexico and Canada. He attended the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif. where he became fluent in Thai and subsequently served as an advisor to the Royal Thai Army in northern Thailand. In 1963, he served at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

In 1967, he returned to Germany to command the 41st Artillery Pershing Missile Battalion in Schwabisch Gmund. From there, he served in foreign military assistance commands, first in Bangkok, Thailand, and then in Taipei, Taiwan. He returned to the U.S. in 1975 to command the Headquarters Battalion, Fort Jackson, S.C.

Colonel Goodwin retired from the Army in 1977 and began work as a hospital facilities services manager first at Children’s Hospital, Denver, and later at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. He retired in 1991 and remained in Fort Collins enjoying golf, sports, travel, family and grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Susan Goodwin, his sons and grandchildren.

George A. Naumann (BSISE ’53) died September 4, 2006 at age 77. He was born Oct. 9, 1928, in Los Angeles. He served in the Coast Guard before graduating from the USC. He was a manufacturing manager in Pennsylvania before moving in 1981 to Portland, where he was a self-employed consultant. In 1953, he married Maureen Day. Survivors include his wife, daughter and one grandchild.