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DAVID DUNWOODIE

Word has been received of the December 29 death of David Dunwoodie, 75, of Ft. Pierce, FL, a former technician at Lincoln Laboratory who retired in 1981 after working there for 24 years.

FRANK P. RICCHIO

A funeral Mass was said in Our Lady of Mercy Church in Belmont on February 12 for Frank P. Ricchio of Belmont, who died on February 9 at age 81. A former technician at the Francis Bitter Magnet Lab, he began working at MIT in 1951 and retired in 1981. Mr. Ricchio is survived by his wife, Lucia; a sister, Mary; and a brother, Joseph, all of Belmont. He was buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 36 Cameron Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on March 8, 2001.

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