Robert Stone (Bob) Duggan, Jr, age 89, passed away Monday, January 8, 2018. He was born in Macon, GA, January 23, 1928, to Robert S. Duggan, Sr. and Bertha Theodora Legters. He graduated from Lanier High School in 1944. After 2 years at Mercer University, he joined the U.S. Navy, and served for 2 years as an electronics technician that fed his intense interest and love of other countries, stamp collecting, foreign languages, and his life long time hobby of amateur radio under the callsigns W4MIA and N4IA. As a ham radio operator, Bob made contacts in every country on earth except for North Korea. The 13 languages he could speak included Spanish, Russian, French, German, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese.
At Georgia Tech, Bob earned his BSEE and graduated with high honors in 1951 and was a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi honor societies. Commissioned in the U.S. Navy, he served 2 more years in electronics on the USS Rowe DD-564 and the USS Keppler DD-765. Returning to Georgia Tech in 1953, he earned his MSEE, and joined Lockheed Georgia as an electronics engineer, eventually retiring in 1990. During his career at Lockheed, he continued his service to our country in the Naval Reserve, retiring in 1968 as a Lieutenant Commander.
Bob was very active in his professional society, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), where as a life senior member, he eventually was elected as a Vice-President. During the 1970s and 1980s, he represented IEEE in several international exchanges including 3 delegations to the USSR and 3 delegations to the Peoples Republic of China.
In 1977, Bob and his wife, Kathleen, were part of the first Friendship Force exchange from Atlanta to Newcastle, England, and as part of an around the world exchange in 1997 to Irkutsk, Siberia. Bob and Kathleen both served as elders at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. Along with a small group of other church members with a vision for reaching out to international students in the Atlanta area, they started the International Sunday School Class that has continued s ince 1975. In support of that vision, they were instrumental in launching the Atlanta Ministry to International Students (AMIS), which has since expanded that outreach ministry to other churches in the Atlanta area.
During his retirement, Bob, took up genealogy research and pursued it with a passion, amassing some 98,000 names in his database.
Bob was predeceased in 2013 by his beloved wife of 58 years, Kathleen Ringwald, his sister, Adena Duggan Hitch, and a granddaughter, Amanda Hope Duggan. He is survived by his brother, John Benjamin(Ben) Duggan and wife, Pat, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, and five children, Robert (Robin) Stone Duggan III and wife, Bonnie, of Frederick, Maryland, Christopher (Chris) Parks Duggan and wife, Beth, of Lilburn, Kathleen Elizabeth (Betsy) Duggan Johnson of Atlanta, Timothy (Tim) Benjamin Duggan and wife, Terry, of Tucson, Arizona, and Heather Ann Duggan of Atlanta.
Affectionately known as GrandBob, he is also survived by ten grandchildren, Natalie Carol Duggan, Katie Duggan Clark, Christopher Parks Duggan Jr, Mary Kathleen Wood, Glenn Thomas Johnson, Robert Louis Johnson, Timothy Benjamin Duggan Jr, Suzanne Nicole Duggan, Allison Elizabeth Clements, Caroline Ansley Clements.
Bob is also survived by six great-grandchildren, Turner Celeste Clark, Margaret Elizabeth Clark, Frances Kathleen Clark, Harriet Winston Clark, Elliott William Wood, and Amy Elizabeth Wood.
Bob is also remembered by special long-time friend, Jerrie Crump (Sunshine), of Marietta, who so brightened his days and boosted his spirits.
A memorial service to celebrate Bobs life and bear witness to the Resurrection will be held on Friday, January 12, 2018 at 2:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta located at 1328 Peachtree Street with reception to follow. Internment with family will take place prior to the service at the Georgia National Veterans Cemetery in Canton, Georgia, with military honors. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Atlanta Ministry to International Students (AMIS), 3434 Roswell Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30305-1202, email: [email protected], www.amis-inc.org
Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, A Family Company, 3705 Highway 78 West, Snellville, GA 30039 (770-979-3200) has been entrusted with the arrangements.
At Georgia Tech, Bob earned his BSEE and graduated with high honors in 1951 and was a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi honor societies. Commissioned in the U.S. Navy, he served 2 more years in electronics on the USS Rowe DD-564 and the USS Keppler DD-765. Returning to Georgia Tech in 1953, he earned his MSEE, and joined Lockheed Georgia as an electronics engineer, eventually retiring in 1990. During his career at Lockheed, he continued his service to our country in the Naval Reserve, retiring in 1968 as a Lieutenant Commander.
Bob was very active in his professional society, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), where as a life senior member, he eventually was elected as a Vice-President. During the 1970s and 1980s, he represented IEEE in several international exchanges including 3 delegations to the USSR and 3 delegations to the Peoples Republic of China.
In 1977, Bob and his wife, Kathleen, were part of the first Friendship Force exchange from Atlanta to Newcastle, England, and as part of an around the world exchange in 1997 to Irkutsk, Siberia. Bob and Kathleen both served as elders at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. Along with a small group of other church members with a vision for reaching out to international students in the Atlanta area, they started the International Sunday School Class that has continued s ince 1975. In support of that vision, they were instrumental in launching the Atlanta Ministry to International Students (AMIS), which has since expanded that outreach ministry to other churches in the Atlanta area.
During his retirement, Bob, took up genealogy research and pursued it with a passion, amassing some 98,000 names in his database.
Bob was predeceased in 2013 by his beloved wife of 58 years, Kathleen Ringwald, his sister, Adena Duggan Hitch, and a granddaughter, Amanda Hope Duggan. He is survived by his brother, John Benjamin(Ben) Duggan and wife, Pat, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, and five children, Robert (Robin) Stone Duggan III and wife, Bonnie, of Frederick, Maryland, Christopher (Chris) Parks Duggan and wife, Beth, of Lilburn, Kathleen Elizabeth (Betsy) Duggan Johnson of Atlanta, Timothy (Tim) Benjamin Duggan and wife, Terry, of Tucson, Arizona, and Heather Ann Duggan of Atlanta.
Affectionately known as GrandBob, he is also survived by ten grandchildren, Natalie Carol Duggan, Katie Duggan Clark, Christopher Parks Duggan Jr, Mary Kathleen Wood, Glenn Thomas Johnson, Robert Louis Johnson, Timothy Benjamin Duggan Jr, Suzanne Nicole Duggan, Allison Elizabeth Clements, Caroline Ansley Clements.
Bob is also survived by six great-grandchildren, Turner Celeste Clark, Margaret Elizabeth Clark, Frances Kathleen Clark, Harriet Winston Clark, Elliott William Wood, and Amy Elizabeth Wood.
Bob is also remembered by special long-time friend, Jerrie Crump (Sunshine), of Marietta, who so brightened his days and boosted his spirits.
A memorial service to celebrate Bobs life and bear witness to the Resurrection will be held on Friday, January 12, 2018 at 2:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta located at 1328 Peachtree Street with reception to follow. Internment with family will take place prior to the service at the Georgia National Veterans Cemetery in Canton, Georgia, with military honors. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Atlanta Ministry to International Students (AMIS), 3434 Roswell Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30305-1202, email: [email protected], www.amis-inc.org
Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, A Family Company, 3705 Highway 78 West, Snellville, GA 30039 (770-979-3200) has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Robert Stone (Bob) Duggan, Jr, age 89, passed away Monday, January 8, 2018. He was born in Macon, GA, January 23, 1928, to Robert S. Duggan, Sr. and Bertha Theodora Legters. He graduated from Lanier High School in 1944. After 2 years at Mercer University, he joined the U.S. Navy, and served for 2 years as an electronics technician that fed his intense interest and love of other countries, stamp collecting, foreign languages, and his life long time hobby of amateur radio under the callsigns W4MIA and N4IA. As a ham radio operator, Bob made contacts in every country on earth except for North Korea. The 13 languages he could speak included Spanish, Russian, French, German, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese.
At Georgia Tech, Bob earned his BSEE and graduated with high honors in 1951 and was a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi honor societies. Commissioned in the U.S. Navy, he served 2 more years in electronics on the USS Rowe DD-564 and the USS Keppler DD-765. Returning to Georgia Tech in 1953, he earned his MSEE, and joined Lockheed Georgia as an electronics engineer, eventually retiring in 1990. During his career at Lockheed, he continued his service to our country in the Naval Reserve, retiring in 1968 as a Lieutenant Commander.
Bob was very active in his professional society, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), where as a life senior member, he eventually was elected as a Vice-President. During the 1970s and 1980s, he represented IEEE in several international exchanges including 3 delegations to the USSR and 3 delegations to the Peoples Republic of China.
In 1977, Bob and his wife, Kathleen, were part of the first Friendship Force exchange from Atlanta to Newcastle, England, and as part of an around the world exchange in 1997 to Irkutsk, Siberia. Bob and Kathleen both served as elders at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. Along with a small group of other church members with a vision for reaching out to international students in the Atlanta area, they started the International Sunday School Class that has continued s ince 1975. In support of that vision, they were instrumental in launching the Atlanta Ministry to International Students (AMIS), which has since expanded that outreach ministry to other churches in the Atlanta area.
During his retirement, Bob, took up genealogy research and pursued it with a passion, amassing some 98,000 names in his database.
Bob was predeceased in 2013 by his beloved wife of 58 years, Kathleen Ringwald, his sister, Adena Duggan Hitch, and a granddaughter, Amanda Hope Duggan. He is survived by his brother, John Benjamin(Ben) Duggan and wife, Pat, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, and five children, Robert (Robin) Stone Duggan III and wife, Bonnie, of Frederick, Maryland, Christopher (Chris) Parks Duggan and wife, Beth, of Lilburn, Kathleen Elizabeth (Betsy) Duggan Johnson of Atlanta, Timothy (Tim) Benjamin Duggan and wife, Terry, of Tucson, Arizona, and Heather Ann Duggan of Atlanta.
Affectionately known as GrandBob, he is also survived by ten grandchildren, Natalie Carol Duggan, Katie Duggan Clark, Christopher Parks Duggan Jr, Mary Kathleen Wood, Glenn Thomas Johnson, Robert Louis Johnson, Timothy Benjamin Duggan Jr, Suzanne Nicole Duggan, Allison Elizabeth Clements, Caroline Ansley Clements.
Bob is also survived by six great-grandchildren, Turner Celeste Clark, Margaret Elizabeth Clark, Frances Kathleen Clark, Harriet Winston Clark, Elliott William Wood, and Amy Elizabeth Wood.
Bob is also remembered by special long-time friend, Jerrie Crump (Sunshine), of Marietta, who so brightened his days and boosted his spirits.
A memorial service to celebrate Bobs life and bear witness to the Resurrection will be held on Friday, January 12, 2018 at 2:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta located at 1328 Peachtree Street with reception to follow. Internment with family will take place prior to the service at the Georgia National Veterans Cemetery in Canton, Georgia, with military honors. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Atlanta Ministry to International Students (AMIS), 3434 Roswell Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30305-1202, email: [email protected], www.amis-inc.org
Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, A Family Company, 3705 Highway 78 West, Snellville, GA 30039 (770-979-3200) has been entrusted with the arrangements.
At Georgia Tech, Bob earned his BSEE and graduated with high honors in 1951 and was a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi honor societies. Commissioned in the U.S. Navy, he served 2 more years in electronics on the USS Rowe DD-564 and the USS Keppler DD-765. Returning to Georgia Tech in 1953, he earned his MSEE, and joined Lockheed Georgia as an electronics engineer, eventually retiring in 1990. During his career at Lockheed, he continued his service to our country in the Naval Reserve, retiring in 1968 as a Lieutenant Commander.
Bob was very active in his professional society, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), where as a life senior member, he eventually was elected as a Vice-President. During the 1970s and 1980s, he represented IEEE in several international exchanges including 3 delegations to the USSR and 3 delegations to the Peoples Republic of China.
In 1977, Bob and his wife, Kathleen, were part of the first Friendship Force exchange from Atlanta to Newcastle, England, and as part of an around the world exchange in 1997 to Irkutsk, Siberia. Bob and Kathleen both served as elders at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. Along with a small group of other church members with a vision for reaching out to international students in the Atlanta area, they started the International Sunday School Class that has continued s ince 1975. In support of that vision, they were instrumental in launching the Atlanta Ministry to International Students (AMIS), which has since expanded that outreach ministry to other churches in the Atlanta area.
During his retirement, Bob, took up genealogy research and pursued it with a passion, amassing some 98,000 names in his database.
Bob was predeceased in 2013 by his beloved wife of 58 years, Kathleen Ringwald, his sister, Adena Duggan Hitch, and a granddaughter, Amanda Hope Duggan. He is survived by his brother, John Benjamin(Ben) Duggan and wife, Pat, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, and five children, Robert (Robin) Stone Duggan III and wife, Bonnie, of Frederick, Maryland, Christopher (Chris) Parks Duggan and wife, Beth, of Lilburn, Kathleen Elizabeth (Betsy) Duggan Johnson of Atlanta, Timothy (Tim) Benjamin Duggan and wife, Terry, of Tucson, Arizona, and Heather Ann Duggan of Atlanta.
Affectionately known as GrandBob, he is also survived by ten grandchildren, Natalie Carol Duggan, Katie Duggan Clark, Christopher Parks Duggan Jr, Mary Kathleen Wood, Glenn Thomas Johnson, Robert Louis Johnson, Timothy Benjamin Duggan Jr, Suzanne Nicole Duggan, Allison Elizabeth Clements, Caroline Ansley Clements.
Bob is also survived by six great-grandchildren, Turner Celeste Clark, Margaret Elizabeth Clark, Frances Kathleen Clark, Harriet Winston Clark, Elliott William Wood, and Amy Elizabeth Wood.
Bob is also remembered by special long-time friend, Jerrie Crump (Sunshine), of Marietta, who so brightened his days and boosted his spirits.
A memorial service to celebrate Bobs life and bear witness to the Resurrection will be held on Friday, January 12, 2018 at 2:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta located at 1328 Peachtree Street with reception to follow. Internment with family will take place prior to the service at the Georgia National Veterans Cemetery in Canton, Georgia, with military honors. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Atlanta Ministry to International Students (AMIS), 3434 Roswell Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30305-1202, email: [email protected], www.amis-inc.org
Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, A Family Company, 3705 Highway 78 West, Snellville, GA 30039 (770-979-3200) has been entrusted with the arrangements.
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