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https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/william-hummel-obituary?id=7961921
William Frederick Hummel
1922 - 2020
BORN
1922
DIED
2020
About
Los Angeles High School
Columbia University
Harvard University
University of California| Berkeley
University of Southern California
William Hummel Obituary
December 26, 1922 - July 18, 2020 William Frederick Hummel died
peacefully on July 18, 2020 after 97 years, six months, and 22 days of
life. He was born in 1922 in Nanjing, China to American missionary
parents, along with all of his siblings and cousins. The family returned
to the United States in 1927 and settled permanently in Los Angeles.
William attended Los Angeles High School, commuting from the family home
in eastern Hollywood aboard the Red Car. He attended UC Berkeley,
majoring initially in Astronomy, and later in Physics. His studies were
interrupted by his service in the US Navy during World War II. The Navy
sent him to midshipman school at Columbia University in New York City,
and then to advanced training in the newly emerging field of microwave
technology at Harvard University and MIT in Boston. (UC Berkeley later
awarded him his bachelor's degree based on these credits). He served as
a radar officer aboard the cruiser Boston in the Pacific Theater,
traveling throughout Japan during the first year of the postwar
occupation. After separating from the Navy, he returned to California
and soon met his future wife, Laurel Elizabeth Jones. They married on
July 20, 1947. Their first child, Gregory Evan Hummel, was born in 1950,
and died at the age of 17 months due to a congenital heart defect. Their
surviving children are Gwendolyn Elise Hummel (born 1953) and Martin
Edward Hummel (born 1954). William embarked on a long and distinguished
career in the aerospace industry, which was then rapidly growing in
Southern California. He simultaneously pursued graduate studies in
Electrical Engineering at USC, earning his MSEE in 1957. He worked at
the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years, retiring as Chief Scientist in
the Control Systems Laboratory. One accomplishment in which he took
great pride was designing the control system of the Surveyor series of
unmanned spacecraft, which successfully soft-landed on the Moon, proving
the feasibility and paving the way for the astronauts of the Apollo
program. In connection with his work, he also returned to China, and
lived in Munich, Germany during an extended assignment to partner with
an aerospace company there. He and Laurel enjoyed traveling extensively
throughout Europe, Hawaii, and the Caribbean. His many other interests
included gardening, candid photography, personal computers, and dogs. He
was an ardent lover of classical music and made sure his children were
initiated into a love of music. After he retired from Hughes, he bought
a van and traveled extensively along the back roads of California,
accompanied by his beloved Laboratory retriever, Danny Boy. In later
years, he pursued his deep interest in economics and monetary systems,
developing an acclaimed website and publishing the book "Money - What It
Is and How It Works." He also founded an online Google discussion forum
called "Understanding Money," which still continues. After his beloved
wife Laurel died in 2005, in her memory he endowed the Laurel Hummel
scholarships for International Students at UCLA Extension. He will be
mourned and greatly missed by all who knew him.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by Los Angeles Times from Jul. 24 to Jul. 26, 2020.
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