Carey Stronach's Obituaries

Richmond Times-Dispatch

STRONACH, Carey Elliott, 72, of Petersburg, Virginia, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2012. He was preceded in death by his father, Ralph Howard; mother, Frances Maynard; niece, Caitlin Doyle. He is survived by his wife, Joan Alice Stronach; son, Howard Stanley; son, John Maynard and his wife, Renee Sonosky; sister, Martha Stronach Doyle and her husband, Dennis Doyle; grandchildren, Siena Marie and Shaun Parker; niece, Emily Doyle; a brother-in-law, Stanley Venner. He retired in 2006 as Professor Emeritus of physics after 40 years at Virginia State University. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Alberta from 1978 to 1979. His professional activities included research at a number of laboratories in the United States and in Canada, France and Switzerland, over 120 publications in scientific journals, and about $4 million in grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Energy, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the National Science Foundation. For three years, during the 1980s, he gave high school physics lectures over satellite television. During the mid and late 1960s and early 1970s, he was active in the civil rights movement. In 1965, he ran as a Democratic candidate for the Virginia State Senate. He participated in the Virginia Students Civil Rights Committee and served on the board of directors of the Virginia unit of the Southern Christian Leadership Council. He was a Renaissance man with many interests and deep knowledge and understanding of numerous subjects. Recently, he wrote and produced several plays and was active in numerous scientific, political and social organizations. He was also a jazz and classical music enthusiast, a historian, and an animal lover. He was a loyal and loving friend, father and husband. He graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors from the University of Richmond with a B.S. in Math and Physics, received his M.S. in Physics from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. at the College of William and Mary. The family will receive friends at Christ and Grace Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, 1545 S. Sycamore St., Petersburg, Va., from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2012. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the ASPCA or the Southern Poverty Law Center. A private burial will held in Nova Scotia, Canada in the summer of 2013.

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Carey Elliott Stronach, 72, of Petersburg, Va., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012.

He was preceded in death by his father, Ralph Howard; mother, Frances Maynard; and niece, Caitlin Doyle.

He is survived by his wife, Joan Alice Stronach; son, Howard Stanley; son, John Maynard and his wife, Renee Sonosky; sister, Martha Stronach Doyle and her husband, Dennis Doyle; grandchildren, Siena Marie and Shaun Parker; niece, Emily Doyle; and brother-in-law, Stanley Venner.

He retired in 2006 as professor emeritus of physics after over 40 years at Virginia State University. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Alberta in 1978-1979. His professional activities included research at a number of laboratories here and in Canada, France and Switzerland, over 120 publications in scientific journals, and about $4 million in grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Energy, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the National Science Foundation. For three years, during the 1980s, he gave high school physics lectures over satellite television.

During the mid- and late 1960s and early 1970s, he was active in the civil rights movement. In 1965, he ran as a Democratic candidate for the Virginia state Senate. He participated in the Virginia Students Civil Rights Committee and served on the board of directors of the Virginia unit of the Southern Christian Leadership Council.

He was a Renaissance man with many interests and deep knowledge and understanding of numerous subjects. Recently, he wrote and produced several plays, and was active in numerous scientific, political and social organizations. He was also a jazz and classical music enthusiast, a historian and an animal lover. He was a loyal and loving friend, father and husband.

He graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors from the University of Richmond with a B.S. in math and physics, received his M.S. in physics from the University of Virginia, and his Ph.D. at the College of William and Mary.

The family will receive friends at Christ and Grace Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, 1545 S. Sycamore St., Petersburg, Va.. from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 22. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the ASPCA or the Southern Poverty Law Center.

A private family burial will be held in Nova Scotia, Canada, in the summer of 2013.