Robert Skamfer, 87, BS ’55

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electrical and electronic engineering, worked for Westinghouse Electric Corp., and settled in Lima, Ohio. He started in the aircraft department, which soon became the aerospace division. In the mid-1960s, his team designed and produced power inverters for NASA’s Apollo spacecraft. He later was involved with producing solid state power inverters and remote power controllers for NASA’s Space Shuttle fleet. His name is on two U.S. patents approved for NASA. He lived in Gahanna, Ohio.

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