William Stuart-Whistler, Engineer and Nuclear Abolition Activist, Dies at 79

William Thomas Stuart- Whistler, a resident of Foulkeways at Gwynedd, Penn., was an electrical engineer and peace activist who died of the complications of liver disease.

Mr. Stuart-Whistler, born in 1925, was committed to working for a nuclear-free world, safe for his grandchildren and all children. He was a member of the Episcopal Church Without Walls.

Born in Watertown, N.Y., Bill spent his childhood in Syracuse. He spent almost three years in the Navy, and earned through the G.I. Bill a B.S. in electrical engineering from Cornell University. As a civilian, he worked at the Naval Ordinance Lab in Washington, DC; from 1953 to 1980, he worked at General Electric designing radar and satellite antennas; from 1980 to 1988, he worked at the University of Pennsylvania in a lab for radar and antenna design. Bill married twice, first to Gloria Giocondo in 1948; then to Lillian Stuart in 1983.

His activities included vigiling for peace, a national executive council members of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, the Peace Center of Delaware County, statistician for the Food Centers of Chester, and the Alternatives to Violence Board (under the leadership of Lloyd Bailey at Graterford Prison). His interests included nuclear resistance, writing poetry, peace, his family, model trains and the Catskills.

He and his wife, Lillian Stuart-Whistler (“Scotty”), were featured as Peace Poets at Borders bookstore in Springfield, Delaware County, and they received a “Lifetime Peacemakers” award from the Peace Center of Delaware County.

For the last five years, the Stuart-Whistlers have lived at Foulkeways at Gwynedd, Montgomery County, coming from Media in Delaware County, Penn. Bill Stuart-Whistler is survived by his children and grandchildren by his first wife, Gloria;   daughter Janice   Beaucar, sons William, Kenneth, Thomas, James and Michael. Also survived by his wife Lillian Stuart-Whistler, her children and grand-children; his brothers, Jack and Leonard and a sister, Jill Lowrie.

Memorial donations may be given to the Peace Center of Delaware County, the Interfaith Coalition of Food Centers, Chester, Penn., or the Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF). Donations to EPF will help young adults join the nuclear abolition events at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), which EPF will co-sponsoring during Lent and August of 2005. Bill served EPF for many years, and he chaired EPF's nuclear abolition action group with great passion. To make a donation to EPF, please:

* Send your donation to EPF marked “Stuart-Whistler/Young adults”

    EPF, 637 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL  60605

* Write to Scotty Stuart-Whistler to let her know of your gift:

    Scotty Stuart-Whistler, 1302 Foulkeways, Gwynedd, PA  19436.