| Thomas Lawrence Kugel |
-- Lauren Wiseman - The Washington Post 2010
from the early 1980s to 1994, died May 31 at Copper Ridge, an assisted living community in
Sykesville, Md. He had Alzheimer's disease.
During the 1960s and '70s, Mr. Kugel worked for various government agencies, including the
Agency for International Development and what is now the National Institute of Standards and
Technology.
Thomas Lawrence Kugel was born in Lakewood, Ohio, and moved to Washington in the
mid-1930s. He was a 1945 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and served in the
Navy at the end of World War II.
He received a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a master's degree in 1952, both in political
science, from the University of Michigan
.
Before moving to Bethesda in 1962, he worked for the Army Department in Arizona and
California. He volunteered for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, helping to raise
money and reviewing research and grant proposals. He also was active in Montgomery
County Democratic politics.
His wife of 27 years, Mary Jane Meeker Kugel, died in 1977.
Survivors include five children, Sue Michaels of Newton, Mass., Nancy Clark of Charles
Town, W.Va., Timothy Kugel of Bethesda, Keith Kugel of Sharpsburg, Md., and Tom Kugel of
Boston; one brother, Dr. Robert B. Kugel of Arlington County; eight grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
from the early 1980s to 1994, died May 31 at Copper Ridge, an assisted living community in
Sykesville, Md. He had Alzheimer's disease.
During the 1960s and '70s, Mr. Kugel worked for various government agencies, including the
Agency for International Development and what is now the National Institute of Standards and
Technology.
Thomas Lawrence Kugel was born in Lakewood, Ohio, and moved to Washington in the
mid-1930s. He was a 1945 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and served in the
Navy at the end of World War II.
He received a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a master's degree in 1952, both in political
science, from the University of Michigan
.
Before moving to Bethesda in 1962, he worked for the Army Department in Arizona and
California. He volunteered for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, helping to raise
money and reviewing research and grant proposals. He also was active in Montgomery
County Democratic politics.
His wife of 27 years, Mary Jane Meeker Kugel, died in 1977.
Survivors include five children, Sue Michaels of Newton, Mass., Nancy Clark of Charles
Town, W.Va., Timothy Kugel of Bethesda, Keith Kugel of Sharpsburg, Md., and Tom Kugel of
Boston; one brother, Dr. Robert B. Kugel of Arlington County; eight grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
