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BROCKWAY -- DENNIS VERN BROCKWAY. After a seven year battle with Melanoma, Dennis Vern Brockway died peacefully in his home with the love of his family on May 6, 2010 at the age of 69. Dennis is survived by his family, MaryDell Nochumson, Susan Brockway, Tiffany Nasise, Lori Larson, John Larson, Sierra Larson, Bodie Larson and Paula and Don Williams. Dennis was born in Globe Arizona on May 8th 1940 to Vern and Pauline Brockway. Dennis was the eldest of two children and grew up on the west side of Albuquerque. He graduated from Albuquerque High in 1958 and furthered his education by receiving a bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering from UNM in 1962. Dennis joined the Bell Labs graduate program in Whippany NJ, and while there completed a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from NYU. Dennis was awarded a PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana in 1970. Dennis joined the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in 1971. During the beginning of his 27 year career Dennis was instrumental in developing a standard weapons code used to design several weapons in today's nuclear stockpile. This work resulted in Dennis being awarded one of the first LANL Distinguished Performance Awards. He ended his career as a designer and project leader for the Graphical Interface Aggregate Control System (GIAC). GIAC was the accepted graphical interface and data management tool for training and simulation based exercises in Europe and Korea. GIAC was particularly useful in combat staffing training for the first Gulf War. This resulted in strong commendations from military leaders and a Distinguished Performance Award for his team. Dennis retired in 1998. Dennis was an avid duplicate bridge player and golfer, and enjoyed spending his free time in pursuit of these activities. Friends are invited to join in a celebration of his life at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday May 13, 2010 at the Los Alamos Golf Course. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the: Angeles Clinic Foundation for Melanoma Research 2001 Santa Monica Blvd Suite 560W Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-582-7976 http://www.theangelesclinic.org/default.asp?pageID=Foundation Arrangements are under the direction of Berardinelli Family Funeral Service 1399 Luisa Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 984-8600
        Published on: Tue May 11, 2010