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Lewis Peach

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
November 25, 2014
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Keith’s note: Sources report that Lewis Peach has died. Lew was always working on interesting things. Always. Ad astra.
“Lewis Peach died on Nov. 22 at his home in Arnold. He retired from Senior Executive Service at NASA where he served as Project Manager in the Office of Space Flight, and the NASA Academy for program/Project and Engineering Leadership. He was a vice-president for exploration/development at USRA. Lewis began his career at NASA’s Ames Research Center. He was a board member of Hawaii’s Pisces space program and was a Vietnam veteran.”
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“He was born in Norfolk, Virginia where he married his wife of 40 years, Denise. Children are Lewis Peach, III, Heather Peach, John Peach and Crystal Burr and 3 grandchildren. A Visitation will be held at Barranco & Sons, P.A. Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Hwy, on Tuesday, Nov. 25th from 2-4pm and 6-8pm. A Funeral Service will be at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 1601 Pleasant Plains Road, in Annapolis on Wed., Nov. 26 at 11:00am. Interment will be in MD Veterans Cemetery on Monday, Dec. 1st. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718,Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.”

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9 responses to “Lewis Peach”

  1. Denniswingo says:
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    Lew Peach was always a gentleman at NASA. It was Lew, Charlie Gunn, Karen Ponatawski, and George Levin who funded the launch of our student SEDSAT-1 satellite.

    It was Lew and Karen to took pity on Cheryl and I when we were sick and almost drunk with lack of sleep, making our presentation. I will never forget that as long as I live. First time that anyone ever told me that if you stop your presentation we will give you the money! (It was $3.3 million so not inconsiderable).

    May your last mission be an amazing adventure!

  2. Burke Burnett says:
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    Lew was a true gentleman, and will be missed. Ex astris, ad astra.

  3. Paul Spudis says:
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    Lewis was a great guy and a good friend. He saw things clearly and made generally good judgements, even though we disagreed on some things. The human spaceflight community shall miss his counsel and good sense. And so will I.

  4. jamesmuncy says:
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    Let me add my praise to these excellent words. I very much enjjoyed learning from Lew as a Hill staffer and later consultant. He was indeed a gentleman, and a quiet leader, always pushing to do the right thing. I wish, more than anything, that NASA had a lot more people like this rising through the career ranks.

  5. kcowing says:
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    Lew was always doing something interesting. Always.

    • Courtney Stadd says:
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      A class act. Period. During my legal saga, he provided wonderful support. A true all weather friend. Will be sorely missed!

  6. Scot007 says:
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    I worked with Lew during his years at NASA and with USRA. He never said a bad word about anyone, always had incredible insight into issues, and never put himself above others. I felt lucky that he considered me a friend. He, like others that we have lost in the past few years, embodied what was best about NASA. He will be missed in many ways. Thoughts go out to his family who have been so supportive of him during his health issues over the past several years.

  7. John C Mankins says:
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    Lew Peach was a tireless advocate for human exploration and the space program. He was active until just the past few weeks — texting colleagues on matters that he cared about from his hospital bed. His passing is a great loss.

  8. Craig H. Williams says:
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    Lew was always a pleasure to work with. He gave NASA Lewis fair opportunities to be seen, heard, and supported in space propulsion, power, and related areas.