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FPN02-16

Memorial Service for H. Furth, April 25

April 1, 2002

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is planning a Memorial Service for Professor Harold P. Furth at the Laboratory at 1:00 PM on Thursday, April 25. All his friends are invited to attend the service in the Melvin B.Gottlieb Auditorium. The service will be followed by a dedication of the PPPL Library in Harold's name and a reception. Additional information is available at http://www.pppl.gov/common_pages/furth_memorial.html.

Harold P. Furth, a pioneer in the U.S. fusion program and the originator of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) project, died February 21, 2002 in Philadelphia at the age of 72 (FPN02-060. Harold was a giant of fusion science, a person of untiring energy and boundless optimism. He buoyed all of us. Harold was Director of PPPL from 1981 through 1990.

Please advise Dolores Lawson (dlawson@pppl.gov) of your plans to attend.