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David Paul Pace

Birth
Duval County, Florida, USA
Death
7 Nov 2008 (aged 52)
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
Burial
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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NOTE: Burial info for David is not known at this time; he may have been cremated. I am setting up this memorial in the cemetery where his father and brother are buried to ensure that David has a memorial. I will update it if more burial information is identified.


OBITUARY - DAVID PAUL PACE

David Paul Pace, Ph.D., 52, died November 7, 2008, in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Pace was born in Duval County, FL on April 18, 1956. He was a physicist and computer engineer who received a B.A. in English from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Physics from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (now St. Petersburg Polytechnic) in the former U.S.S.R. He taught physics at Rice University and at Leningrad Polytechnic and co-authored many articles on physics in scientific journals. He also worked for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston and for Bell Labs. He was named Microsoft VIP of 2000 and recently worked in computing in Gainesville. A gifted and multi-talented individual, Dr. Pace wrote several screenplays, and, with Professor E.C. Barksdale of the University of Florida, the book "As Dreams Are Made on: The Probable Worlds of a New Human Mind as Presaged in Quantum Physics, Information Theory, Modal Philosophy, and Literary Myth" (Libra Press, 1988).

Dr. Pace is survived by his wife Windy Morgan Pace and his son Austin Piper Pace, and by his parents Paul C. Pace III and Alice W. Pace and his brother Michael, all of Gainesville, Florida. Services will be held Thursday, November 13, 2008, 11:00 am, at the WILLIAMS-THOMAS FUNERAL HOME 404 North Main Street.

NOTE: Burial info for David is not known at this time; he may have been cremated. I am setting up this memorial in the cemetery where his father and brother are buried to ensure that David has a memorial. I will update it if more burial information is identified.


OBITUARY - DAVID PAUL PACE

David Paul Pace, Ph.D., 52, died November 7, 2008, in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Pace was born in Duval County, FL on April 18, 1956. He was a physicist and computer engineer who received a B.A. in English from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Physics from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (now St. Petersburg Polytechnic) in the former U.S.S.R. He taught physics at Rice University and at Leningrad Polytechnic and co-authored many articles on physics in scientific journals. He also worked for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston and for Bell Labs. He was named Microsoft VIP of 2000 and recently worked in computing in Gainesville. A gifted and multi-talented individual, Dr. Pace wrote several screenplays, and, with Professor E.C. Barksdale of the University of Florida, the book "As Dreams Are Made on: The Probable Worlds of a New Human Mind as Presaged in Quantum Physics, Information Theory, Modal Philosophy, and Literary Myth" (Libra Press, 1988).

Dr. Pace is survived by his wife Windy Morgan Pace and his son Austin Piper Pace, and by his parents Paul C. Pace III and Alice W. Pace and his brother Michael, all of Gainesville, Florida. Services will be held Thursday, November 13, 2008, 11:00 am, at the WILLIAMS-THOMAS FUNERAL HOME 404 North Main Street.



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  • Created by: Lillian Gallatin Relative First cousin
  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/265725475/david_paul-pace: accessed ), memorial page for David Paul Pace (18 Apr 1956–7 Nov 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 265725475, citing Forest Meadows Memorial Park and Mausoleum Central, Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Lillian Gallatin (contributor 51255333).