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| Husband: | Derek Martin CUNNOLD (1940-2009) | |
| Wife: | Susan ( - ) | |
| Children: | Carolyn CUNNOLD ( - ) | |
| Alison CUNNOLD ( - ) | ||
| David D CUNNOLD ( - ) | ||
| Marriage | 28 Aug 1965 | Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States |
| Name: | Derek Martin CUNNOLD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Frank A CUNNOLD (1912-1988) | |
| Mother: | Kathleen Joyce BACKHOUSE (1913-2005) | |
| Note 1: | https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/21583217/person/29554963903/facts | |
| Note 2: | News Obituary Article DUNWOODY: Derek Cunnold, 68, scientist and tennis player By STEVE VISSER The headline "U.S. in Historic Shift on CO2" on the front page of the Wall Street Journal last Saturday may have made Derek Cunnold beam with satisfaction or sigh with relief --- his family and colleagues can't say for sure. What his family does know is that he read it because he had set the article aside for safekeeping. The 68-year-old atmospheric scientist, a pioneer researcher in the areas of climate change and ozone depletion, then went to his ALTA men's doubles game and died. The Dunwoody man collapsed on the court after a serve against a team with which his team was tied for the seasonal title, said his son David Cunnold. The cause of death has not yet been determined. "It was a very meaningful match to them --- they were tied five all for first place and he was serving," his son said. "His partner asked him, 'Are you OK?' And, my dad said, 'I'm just a little tired,' and then he just dropped. "He had virtually never been sick a day in his life." Mr. Cunnold, a native of England, met Susan, his wife of 43 years, in graduate school at Cornell University. There, in 1965, he earned a doctorate in electrical engineering with a speciality in aeronomy, the science of the upper regions of the atmosphere. His life's work became using satellites and computer models to measure how the emission of certain gases deplete the Earth's protective ozone layer. "There was no point in making the measurements without understanding what they mean and at that Derek was a master" said Ray Weiss, a distinguished professor of geochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. "I would describe Derek as a gentleman scientist. He had a demeanor about him and a depth of thinking that was extraordinary." Mr. Cunnold, who was awarded the NASA Medal for Outstanding Achievement in 1992, played a key role in establishing the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, a widely hailed international agreement. He also loved sports and competed in ALTA practically from his arrival in Atlanta in 1979. He came here to take a research job and later a professorship at Georgia Tech. His memorial service is 3 p.m. today at the Dunwoody United Methodist Church. The time will allow the ALTA tennis team he captained to attend after playing for its seasonal league title this morning, said Hank Conn, one of his teammates. "We are going to be playing extra hard," Conn said. "I hope were able to come into the memorial service and say we were able to win one for the Old Bean." Besides his wife, Mr. Cunnold is survived by his daughters and sons-in-laws, Carolyn C. and Zachary T. Holcomb of Dunwoody and Alison C. and Christopher J. Boivin of Alpharetta; his son and daughter-in-law, David D. and Claudette S. Cunnold of Alpharetta, and three grandchildren. |
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| Birth | 10 Jul 1940 | Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Death | 18 Apr 2009 (age 68) | Dunwoody, De Kalb, Georgia, USA |
| Burial | 22 Apr 2009 | |
| Derek Cunnold Obituary DEREK MARTIN CUNNOLD, 68, of Dunwoody died April 18. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 3 p.m. Saturday, Dunwoody United Methodist Church; H.M. Patterson & Son, Arlington Chapel. |
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| Name: | Susan | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Nickname: | Sue | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Note: | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/derek-cunnold-obituary?id=49379776 | |
| Name: | Carolyn CUNNOLD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Zachary T. HOLCOMB ( - ) | |
| Note: | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/derek-cunnold-obituary?id=49379776 | |
| Name: | Alison CUNNOLD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Christopher J. BOIVIN ( - ) | |
| Note: | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/derek-cunnold-obituary?id=49379776 | |
| Name: | David D CUNNOLD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Claudette S ( - ) | |
| Note: | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/derek-cunnold-obituary?id=49379776 | |
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/21583217/person/29554963903/facts
News Obituary Article
DUNWOODY: Derek Cunnold, 68, scientist and tennis player
By STEVE VISSER
The headline "U.S. in Historic Shift on CO2" on the front page of the Wall Street Journal last Saturday may have made Derek Cunnold beam with satisfaction or sigh with relief --- his family and colleagues can't say for sure.
What his family does know is that he read it because he had set the article aside for safekeeping. The 68-year-old atmospheric scientist, a pioneer researcher in the areas of climate change and ozone depletion, then went to his ALTA men's doubles game and died.
The Dunwoody man collapsed on the court after a serve against a team with which his team was tied for the seasonal title, said his son David Cunnold. The cause of death has not yet been determined. "It was a very meaningful match to them --- they were tied five all for first place and he was serving," his son said. "His partner asked him, 'Are you OK?' And, my dad said, 'I'm just a little tired,' and then he just dropped.
"He had virtually never been sick a day in his life."
Mr. Cunnold, a native of England, met Susan, his wife of 43 years, in graduate school at Cornell University. There, in 1965, he earned a doctorate in electrical engineering with a speciality in aeronomy, the science of the upper regions of the atmosphere. His life's work became using satellites and computer models to measure how the emission of certain gases deplete the Earth's protective ozone layer.
"There was no point in making the measurements without understanding what they mean and at that Derek was a master" said Ray Weiss, a distinguished professor of geochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. "I would describe Derek as a gentleman scientist. He had a demeanor about him and a depth of thinking that was extraordinary."
Mr. Cunnold, who was awarded the NASA Medal for Outstanding Achievement in 1992, played a key role in establishing the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, a widely hailed international agreement.
He also loved sports and competed in ALTA practically from his arrival in Atlanta in 1979. He came here to take a research job and later a professorship at Georgia Tech.
His memorial service is 3 p.m. today at the Dunwoody United Methodist Church. The time will allow the ALTA tennis team he captained to attend after playing for its seasonal league title this morning, said Hank Conn, one of his teammates.
"We are going to be playing extra hard," Conn said. "I hope were able to come into the memorial service and say we were able to win one for the Old Bean."
Besides his wife, Mr. Cunnold is survived by his daughters and sons-in-laws, Carolyn C. and Zachary T. Holcomb of Dunwoody and Alison C. and Christopher J. Boivin of Alpharetta; his son and daughter-in-law, David D. and Claudette S. Cunnold of Alpharetta, and three grandchildren.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/derek-cunnold-obituary?id=49379776
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/derek-cunnold-obituary?id=49379776
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/derek-cunnold-obituary?id=49379776
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/derek-cunnold-obituary?id=49379776