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Don Lohbeck passed away February 16, 1999 after a lengthy illness. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August 20, 1917. Lohbeck rose to reknown as a concert pianist in the United States and Europe until World War II interrupted his career. He moved to Santa Fe, NM in 1954. He wrote the biography of Patrick J. Hurley in 1956. In this book he disclosed publicly for the first time the details of the then-secret Yalta Agreement on China made by Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. He later became a pioneer in uranium and thorium mining and other aspects of nuclear energy development. He was a pioneer in importing gas centrifuge technology to the United States. In 1958 Governor John Burroughs appointed Lohbeck to be the first Chairman of the New Mexico Atomic Energy Commission. He was an entrepreneur who started and operated several businesses. Son, Kurt and wife, Barbara; daughter, Michelle Britt and her husband, Paul survive him. Also grandsons, Robert, Roland and Roger Lohbeck, David Watland; and great-granddaughter, Ariana Lohbeck; as well as sisters, Ruth Cashion, Jeanne Reichle and brother, Alvin of St. Louis, MO. His remains have been cremated by French Mortuary, 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE. Friends an family are asked to gather at his son's home at 1402 California NE, on Wednesday, February 24, 1999, at 5:00 p.m.
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