Gottfried Besenbruch's Obituary
Gottfried Besenbruch, 77 died Wednesday March 26, 2014.
He was born to the late Alfred and Ilse Besenbruch, May 15, 1936 in Trachenau, Germany.
Gottfried received his BS, MS, PHD in Chemistry at Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Post Doctoral Fellow at Rice University, Houston, Texas
Gottfried worked at General Atomics as a Chemist for over 45 years. He was a brilliant scientist who was passionate about his work, family and the great outdoors. He was an amazing athlete who was the Southern German Master in Pole Vaulting. He was an excellent handball player in Germany, enjoyed tennis, running, rock climbing, won many tournaments playing ping pong. He loved the great national parks spending time in Yosemite, Alaska and Yellowstone.
He was a wonderful and generous father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend.
Gottfried is survived by his 2 daughters, Susanne Besenbruch, Frederick, MD, Angelika Nederlof, Escondido, CA, his 2 grandsons, a brother and a sister.
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