[SBE] Obituary for George M.W. Badger 2/22/1925 - 11/15/2009

[Perry Priestley]

Hi All,

 

I am passing on the news of George Badger's, (W6TC) sad death.

 

I know that some of you have met him through business and those of you that
haven't might find his history of interest. I worked with him for many years
and found him to be a true gentlemen.

 

Best regards

 

Perry Priestley

FYI

 


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From: John Badger 

 

Dear Friends and Family,

 

Below is the obituary for Dad as it will appear in tomorrow's Chronicle.

 

Please feel free to forward this as appropriate and let it propagate through
his various networks of friends and former colleagues.

 

As you already know, funeral services will be held this Sunday afternoon at
2PM at Christ Church , 815 Portola Road , Portola Valley .

 

See you there,

 

John

 

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George Milton Welles Badger

February 22, 1925 - November 15, 2009

 

George Milton Welles Badger grew up in Berkeley , California , where he
attended University High School before being drafted into the Army in 1943.
George was in Patton's 3rd army at the Battle of the Bulge, and then served
as Technical Sergeant in with the 89th Infantry Signal Corps in Europe .

 

After the war, George returned to California and attended UC Berkeley.  He
was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity, Colonel in the ROTC and President
of the Amateur Radio Club.  George graduated from Berkeley in 1951 with a
degree in Electrical Engineering.  He was recruited out of college to work
with Professor E.O. Lawrence on developing a color television tube.  He then
went to work as a design engineer for EIMAC, then later as Product Manager
and Marketing Director.  When EIMAC was acquired by Varian, George worked in
the microwave tube division.  After Varian, George became President of
Svetlana Electron Devices, then later worked as Vice President of Business
Development of CPI Econco.  He holds seven patents for microwave tube and
circuit design, as well as an Emmy Award for the invention of a special
vacuum tube used for UHF television broadcast.

 

George's lifetime passion was Amateur Radio with the call letters W6TC.  He
was originally licensed as W6RXW at the age of 14 in 1939.  George was a
member of the ARRL continuously for 69 years. His Amateur Radio interests
included building equipment, antennas and working DX. He published many
technical articles in the amateur radio press.  He was elected as a Fellow
in the Radio Club of America, and held DXCC Honor Roll #1, 5BDXCC and 5BWAZ.

 

George was married to Nancy Naylor for 51 years.  Nancy is a Stanford alum,
and their first date was the Big Game. George and Nancy were married in
1958. They lived in Portola Valley and had three children, Deborah Badger
Denny (married to Scott Denny), Carol Marie Badger and John Cunningham
Badger (married to Tine Normann).  They also have four grandchildren, Ryan
Thomas Denny, Lindsay Marie Denny, Natasha Normann Badger and Christopher
Normann Badger. 

 

George was enthusiastic, warm, sincere and always made people feel good with
his charming smile and contagious laugh.

 

Contributions in memory of George can be made to the Stanford University
Medical Center , Department of Immunology, 2700 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park
, CA 94025  

 

 

 

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