Smokejumper Obituary: Roberts, D. Ellis (Missoula 1943)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

D. Ellis Roberts, 90, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology whose work in material testing helped develop the windows used on the space shuttle, died of kidney failure Oct. 19, 2009, at a nursing home in Newark, Del. He was a member of the CPS-103 jumpers and jumped all three years the program existed. Ellis graduated from the Oregon State University in 1951 with a degree in physics. He joined the NIST in 1953 and retired in 1997.

Identifier

Roberts_D-Ellis_Missoula_1943

Publication Date

November 2009

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Roberts, D. Ellis (Missoula 1943)" (2009). Smokejumper Obituaries. 997.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/997