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In Memoriam: Paul J. Reardon

December 21, 2007

Paul J. Reardon, who was Project Manager for the construction of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) during the late 1970s and into the early 1980s, died December 12 at his home in Princeton, New Jersey. He was 76. He was a victim of lung cancer.

He played key roles in the development and construction of several other key experimental science facilities, including th Princeton-Penn Accelerator, the Tevatron at Fermilab, the Bates accelerator at MIT, and the Isabelle project at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

He held degrees from Boston College and Rutgers University, and served as an army 2nd lieutenant in Korea where he was awarded a Bronze Star for Meritorious Service. He held several patents related to the production of superconducting cable and contributed to the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) medical technology and the construction of proton therapy clinical accelerators for cancer treatment.

He is survived by seven children and 21 grandchildren. Contributions in his name may be made to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (www.chop.edu) or to the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org). To view his obituary and sign a guestbook, visit www.wilsonapple.com and click on obituaries near the top of the page. Condolences may also be sent to his granddaughter Janine Anderson (jonesje02@hotmail.com).