This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7938 Message Board Post: News Review newspaper Ridgecrest CA Kern County April 6, 2005 GLOVER S. COLLADAY The News Review recently received word that Naval Ordance Test Station pioneer Glover S. Colladay died March 4, 2005. Memorial mass was held March 12 at St. James Church in Solana Beach. Mr. Colladay was born April 26, 1924 in Hutchinson, Kan. one of four brothers. He served in the US Navy as a lieutenant during World War II. He earned his bachelor of science from Kansas State University and his Ph.D in nuclear physics from Nortre Dame University. He came to China Lake in the 1950s and was project director of the Weapons Planning Groups at NOTS. He was a key participant in ballistic missile strategic studies, a significant accomplishment that led to the Polaris missile and a rethinking of our nation's strategic defense posture. He received many awards for his work. He left China Lake for the Center for Naval Analysis in Arlington, Va. where he was project director for the Operation Evaluation Group. He later returned to California to workd at the Naval Ocean Systems Center at Point Loma. He and his wife Nan felt that he had an illustrious career serving in the Navy. He was a perfectionist and was an excellent example of the work ethic. He was seldom sitting, except when he was reading or playing the piano. His family described him as a gentleman and a scholar. During retirement he was a senior mentor for the Casa de Amparo and gave his time to abused children ages 1-5 who lived in the Casita. He did whatever needed to be done - washed dishes, cleaned house, walked children to kindergarten or played games with them. He is survived by his wife Nancy, daughters Ellen, Katie and Caroline, sons Jonathan, Jorge, Charles and Philip and eight grandchildren. Interment was at Mission San Luis Rey.