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Abstract
One newspaper clipping of an obituary from the August 20, 1989 issue of The Dominion Post titled, "Space Pioneer M.G. Comuntzis
Dies." "Marcus G. Comuntzis was born in Morgantown, West Virginia on July 8, 1921. He received his undergraduate degree from
West Virginia University, served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a second lieutenant, and received a master's degree
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a member of the initial staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
California and retired after 30 years of employment. Comuntzis died August 17, 1989 in Pasedena.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], M. G. Comuntzis Obituary, A&M 3334, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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