A memorial/scholarship fund in the name of Howard T. Powell has been established at the California Institute of Technology. If you wish to contribute to this fund, please make your check payable to Caltech and mail it to:
Caltech has requested the donor to identify the check (in the memo section) and the envelope as part of the Howard T. Powell Memorial Fund.
Please note that only the individual or business writing the check will receive a tax deduction form from Caltech. Caltech will notify Howard's family of all contributions in his memory.
Howard died of a massive heart attack while on November 15 in Washington, DC (FPN00-56). He was a leader and champion of diode-pumped solid state lasers for fusion and had presented a paper on this topic at Fusion Power Associates annual meeting in July 2000 and on other occasions.
He was well-known and well-liked for his both his expertise and sincerity and his calm, friendly personality.