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William C Ramsay

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  • Name William C Ramsay  [1, 2] 
    Born 6 Nov 1930  New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Nov 2016 

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    Family ID: F3691 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Claude Barnett Ramsay,   b. Apr 1890, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1959, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68) 
    Mother Myrtle Marie Scott,   b. 7 Oct 1900, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1985, Flushing, Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85) 

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    Siblings 1 sibling 
     1. William C Ramsay,   b. 6 Nov 1930, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 2016  (Age 86)
     2. Jean Claudia Ramsay,   b. 25 Nov 1935, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 2014  (Age 78)
     

  • Notes

    • OBITUARYWilliam C RamsayNOVEMBER 6, 1930 – NOVEMBER 8, 2016WILLIAM C. RAMSAYPhysicist, Writer and Composer
      Died on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 in Washington, DC. Born on November 6, 1930 in New York City, he earned the BA at University of Colorado, Boulder, and the MA and PhD in physics at UCLA. He taught physics at University of California, Santa Barbara then served as a technical manager at Systems Associates in California. He worked at the Atomic Energy Commission as a senior environmental economist, and as a technical adviser to the National Regulatory Commission. Dr. Ramsay served as a senior fellow at Resources for the Future, where he carried out research on energy issues in the developing world especially Africa and Latin America; he became project manager for a major AID funded program of energy-economic studies. At the National Academy of Science he served as a senior staff officer on the Energy Engineering Board. He was the author of a number of books on energy, including: Managing The Environment, Unpaid Costs of Electrical Energy, Energy In America's Future, Household Energy and the Poor in the Developing World, Energy Strategies for Developing Nations, Fuelwood In Urban Markets, and Bioenergy and Economic Development. As an independent consultant, he continued working on energy related issues, but also founded one of the earliest internet literary journals. Dr. Ramsay has written a number of novels and plays; his novels include: Me and Fidel and his play "Agamemnon" was performed in Washington, DC in 2000. Most recently he has focused on writing music, and his comic opera Big Brains.Com was produced in California in February 2016. He is survived by his wife, Jane Evans Ramsay; four children, Alice, John, Carol and David; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial Services will be held at Santa Barbara, CA in February
      Arrangements under the direction of Joseph Gawler's Sons LLC, Washington, DC.

  • Source Citations

    1. [S8] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Queens, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02752; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 41-1733A.

    2. [S383] New York, New York, Birth Index, 1910-1965, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;).

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