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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLowy, StanleyStanley Howard Lowy March 10, 1922 - Nov. 19, 2005 No services for Stanley Howard Lowy, 83, of College Sta- tion are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Callaway-Jones Funeral Home in Bryan. Mr. Lowy died Saturday at his home. He was a professor in the engineering department at Texas A&M University. Survivors include his wife, Mil- .~, Bred Lowy of College Station; a son, Lance Lowy of College Sta- tion; and three grandchildren. STAN LOWY 1922-2005 Stan was born in the Bronx, New York, and lived there through high school. He joined the Army in 1942 and reached the rank of First Lieutenant before being discharged in 1945. He graduated from Purdue Univ. with a BA degree and received his MS degree from the Univ. of Minnesota. He taught at Oregon State Univ., Univ. of Oklahoma and the Univ. of Arizona before coming toTexasA&M. He was a Professor of Aerospace Engineering xnd was Department Head and later, Associate Dean of Engineering. Stan was an avid handball player and baseball fan. He was married to his wife, Milly, for 60 years and had 2 children, one of whom survives, Lance. He had 3 grandchildren that he was very proud of: Zach, Dutch and Marshall Lowy. Anyone wishing to pay their respects may do so by writing to Lance Lowy at 1018 Walton Drive, College Station, TX. 77840. A&M educator `ma 'c' recalled By APRIL AVISON Eagle Staff Writer ;. ~° :,. Faculty and students at Texas A&M Univer- sity's aerospace engineering department are ~~ mourning a beloved former professor. No funeral services are planned for Stanley ~ Lowy, 83, of College Station. Lowy,. who died Saturday, retired in 1986 as professor '' ,= o;. ,; emeritus of aerospace engi- _ . neering. Karen Knabe, an adminis- ~.. ~~' trative assistant in the aero- ~ °y~ space engineering depart- ~ ~ } ment, called Lowy a "much- loved professor" and an "all- ~OWY around wonderful person." Another colleague, aerospace engineering professor John Junkins, detailed Lowy's light mood and sense of humor. "The students universally loved him," Junk- ins said in a written statement. "Legend has it that he would frequently skip past some pesky details in his lectures and say, `Then the magic happens' before he wrote an elegant bottom- line result." The students subsequently began referring to Lowy's class as "Space Magic," Junkins wrote. Lowy lived in College Station for 40 years and died at his home. He began working at the aerospace engineering department in 1964. In the late 1980s, after Lowy's retirement, the department created an award in his honor that is presented annually to a student design team for innovation, technical expertise and teamwork. He is survived by his wife, Mildred Lowy; a son, Lance Lowy; and three grandchildren.