Frederick J. Edeskuty, 89, long-time CSA member, Cold Facts columnist and expert on cryogenic safety, passed away on Friday, May 10. After receiving his doctoral degree in chemical engineering and physics at the University of Minnesota, he moved his family to New Mexico where he began a 40-year scientific career with the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He served in the US Army during WWII and was stationed at Oak Ridge TN.
With Walter Stewart, Edeskuty authored the definitive volume, “Safety in the Handling of Cryogenic Fluids,” published in 1996 by Plenum as part of the International Cryogenics Monograph Series.
Edeskuty was passionate about traveling and traveled all over the world with his wife, Jeanette. He will be dearly missed by those who knew and loved him and enjoyed his endless supply of jokes.
He is survived by his wife, Jeanette Edeskuty of Los Alamos; children, Janet Weigel and husband Paul of Edmond, Oklahoma, Fred Edeskuty and wife Brenda of Jemez Springs, New Mexico, Sharman Carpenter of Savannah, Texas, and Dr. Celeste Raffin and husband Ralph of Park City, Utah; five grandsons, and 11 great-grandchildren. Services were held on Saturday, May 25, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Los Alamos.
“Those of us in the cryogenics community mourn Fred’s loss. He was an exceptional person who made a difference both professionally and personally,” said Laurie Huget, CSA Executive Director.
