In Memoriam

                             Richard P. Smith

                      January 31, 1943  -  July 11, 2006

       Rich Smith died Tuesday July 11th after two and a half years of a 
courageous struggle with cancer.         

       Rich joined the Research Division at Fermilab in 1983 after working 
eleven years at Argonne where he was involved in high energy physics and the 
development of superconducting magnets.  Before joining the D0 Department he
was Associate Head of Research Services and Head of the Research Division
Cryogenics Department at Fermilab.  He came to D0 in 1986 and worked on the
R&D, design and construction of the LAr detectors, especially the production 
of the signal and readout boards for the 50,000 calorimeter channels.  In 1992 
Rich became the Project Physicist for the 2T D0 superconducting solenoid.  He 
led the conceptual design effort, the procurement, testing, installation and 
the field mapping of the magnet.  He continued his involvement in D0 while 
accepting the challenging responsibility for development of the field mapping 
apparatus for the CMS 4T solenoid and he carried out preliminary studies for a 
5T linear collider superconducting solenoid.  

          All who worked with Rich appreciated his understanding of physics 
and engineering and his sense of responsibility to others and to the 
Laboratory's physics goals.  His friendship, dedication and ability to solve 
problems will be missed.


Visitation: Thursday July 13 5:00 to 9:00 pm and
Funeral: Friday 10:30am
Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Home
24021 W. Royal Worlington Drive  (Route 59)
Naperville 


Memorial service: Friday July 14 7:00pm 
Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Home
516 S. Washington 
Naperville
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516 South Washington Street, Naperville