WALLACE BOGGS
MELBOURNE


Wallace H. Boggs, 71, an aero space engineer, passed away Sunday,
January 29, 2006 at his home. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m.,
Friday, February 3, 2006, at Beckman Williamson Funeral Home in 
Cocoa Beach. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Shands
HealthCare, 720 SW 2nd Ave, Suite 510, Gainesville, FL 32601. 

As a Physicist, Research Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Aerospace 
Systems Engineer, and Senior Research Systems Engineer, Wally worked 
for General Electric, Boeing Atlantic Test Center, McDonnell Aircraft, 
22 years with NASA KSC working on projects from Saturn to Space 
Station, and RTI International.  He was involved in many facility 
design and safety assessments on the Cape and KSC and beyond.  Wally 
participated in radiological payload missions from Galileo to Pluto New 
Horizons on the Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panels.

He belonged to Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society), was a past 
Section Chairman of the American Institute of Aeronautics and 
Astronautics, was a past AIAA National Technology Committee Member and 
a past chairman of the Cape Canaveral Council of Technical Societies.

Wally taught Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Statistics 
and Operations Research at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

(Submitted by: Nancy C. Sieck)