| Thomas Lawrence Kugel |
2010
Thomas L. Kugel, 82, a systems analyst for the U.S. Geological Survey
from the early 1980s to 1994, died May 31 at Copper Ridge, an assisted
living community in Sykesville, Md. He had Alzheimer's disease.
During the 1960s and '70s, Mr. Kugel worked for various government
agencies, including the Agency for International Development and what is
now the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Thomas Lawrence Kugel was born in Lakewood, Ohio, and moved to
Washington in the mid-1930s. He was a 1945 graduate of Woodrow
Wilson High School and served in the Navy at the end of World War II.
He received a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a master's degree in 1952,
both in political science, from the University of Michigan
.
Before moving to Bethesda in 1962, he worked for the Army Department
in Arizona and California. He volunteered for the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation, helping to raise money and reviewing research and
grant proposals. He also was active in Montgomery County Democratic
politics.
His wife of 27 years, Mary Jane Meeker Kugel, died in 1977.
Survivors include five children, Sue Michaels of Newton, Mass., Nancy
Clark of Charles Town, W.Va., Timothy Kugel of Bethesda, Keith Kugel of
Sharpsburg, Md., and Tom Kugel of Boston; one brother, Dr. Robert B.
Kugel of Arlington County; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
-- Lauren Wiseman
Thomas L. Kugel, 82, a systems analyst for the U.S. Geological Survey
from the early 1980s to 1994, died May 31 at Copper Ridge, an assisted
living community in Sykesville, Md. He had Alzheimer's disease.
During the 1960s and '70s, Mr. Kugel worked for various government
agencies, including the Agency for International Development and what is
now the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Thomas Lawrence Kugel was born in Lakewood, Ohio, and moved to
Washington in the mid-1930s. He was a 1945 graduate of Woodrow
Wilson High School and served in the Navy at the end of World War II.
He received a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a master's degree in 1952,
both in political science, from the University of Michigan
.
Before moving to Bethesda in 1962, he worked for the Army Department
in Arizona and California. He volunteered for the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation, helping to raise money and reviewing research and
grant proposals. He also was active in Montgomery County Democratic
politics.
His wife of 27 years, Mary Jane Meeker Kugel, died in 1977.
Survivors include five children, Sue Michaels of Newton, Mass., Nancy
Clark of Charles Town, W.Va., Timothy Kugel of Bethesda, Keith Kugel of
Sharpsburg, Md., and Tom Kugel of Boston; one brother, Dr. Robert B.
Kugel of Arlington County; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
-- Lauren Wiseman