Carl Jerome - Age - 67 Los Alamos Maggiore

Carl Jerome Maggiore, 67, of Los Alamos, died at home on Friday morning, January 7, 2011 in the company of his wife and children; he had been ill with metastatic rectal cancer. Carl was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Carl H. and Betty Kiehl Maggiore, who preceded him in death. He graduated from Creighton University and received his PhD in physics from Michigan State University, where he completed his thesis work at the cyclotron. Carl’s life in physics was informed by his flexible intellect and insatiable curiosity. He was a patient teacher to his summer students, and was always a gracious and generous colleague. Carl began his career as a researcher in the Environmental Sciences Laboratory of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and went on to design detectors for the Princeton Gamma Tech Company; he began to work at Los Alamos National Laboratory in April, 1976. At Los Alamos, his main interest was in finding practical applications for accelerated particles. Initially, he worked with particles from the vertical accelerator at the Ion Beam Facility to develop a nuclear microprobe. He later founded the Ion Beam Materials Laboratory, which was specifically dedicated to using accelerated particles to modify or analyze materials, and for which he and his colleagues receive a Distinguished Performance Award. On his retirement from LANL, Carl worked for several years to test the feasibility of treating tumors using antiprotons, performing experimental work at CERN under the auspices of PBar Technology Corporation and with collaborators both at CERN and the University of Aarhus, in Denmark. In 2007, Carl began a second career as an artist, discovering a talent and passion for drawing and sculpture that was nurtured by teachers and friends at Santa Fe Community College. His gift flourished for all too short a time, but he derived much satisfaction from the work he had accomplished by the time of his death; he felt he had happily left physics behind for something better. Following two surgeries in the early nineties to alleviate years of severe back pain, Carl discovered the joys of riding a recumbent bike, and liked to think of himself as an “early adopter”. He loved the outdoors, and felt privileged to live in the mountains of New Mexico surrounded by so much beauty. Immediate survivors include his wife, Edwina Lieb, and children Antonio Maggiore and Anna Maggiore; brothers, John Maggiore of Lenoir, NC, and Hal Maggiore of Grand Island, NE; sisters, Laura Maggiore of Phillips, NE, Francine Rasmussen of Cotesfield, NE and Gina Schilthuis, of Dallas, TX. Music was an essential part of Carl’s life, and it sustained him through his final months; his tastes were eclectic, and in recognition of this, his family suggests contributions be made in his memory to either Russ Gordon’s Concerts, 109 Central Park Square, or to the Los Alamos Concert Association, Po Box 572, on whose board he once served; both are in Los Alamos, 87544. Friends are invited to share their memories of Carl and enjoy his art at an open house on Saturday, January 29, between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. at 4596 Fairway Drive in Los Alamos. The family of Carl Maggiore has entrusted the care of their loved one to DeVargas Funeral Home & Crematory of the Española Valley. 505-747-7477

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