Merkus Indonesië (incl. gouverneur) » Guy Merkus Cam Bigwood (1925-2011)

Données personnelles Guy Merkus Cam Bigwood 

• Il est né le 13 juillet 1925 dans Brussel (B).
• Il est décédé le 2 janvier 2011 dans Palo Alto, CA (USA), il avait 85 ans.

  A Memorial Service has been held at Grace and St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Hamden, CT, on April 30, 2011

• Un enfant de Robert Merkus Bigwood et Thelma Francis Kate Pimbury
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 30 janvier 2021.

Famille de Guy Merkus Cam Bigwood

Il est marié avec Jane Gray Bloodgood.

Ils se sont mariés le 17 octobre 1953 à Tulsa, CA (USA), il avait 28 ans.

Notes par Guy Merkus Cam Bigwood

BIGWOOD, GUY M. Guy Merkus Cam Bigwood, age 85, died in Menlo Park CA on January 2, 2011. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2003, Guy underwent experimental brain surgery in 2005 in an attempt to halt its progress. It is possible that the operation helped slow the onset of the disease, given that he retained his personality, his sense of humor and even his card-playing skills while struggling with the inexorable loss of memory that accompanies Alzheimer's. Guy was born on July 13, 1925 in Brussels, the son of Robert and Thelma Bigwood, English expatriates whose families had lived in Belgium for decades. When the Nazis invaded Belgium in 1940 they escaped to England, where Guy eventually earned his degree in Civil Engineering at Imperial College, University of London. After the war, he returned to work in Brussels, where he met Jill Bloodgood, an American working at the U.S. Department of Defense, when he auditioned for a role in an amateur production of "The Heiress," in which she was playing the lead. They were married on October 17, 1953 and settled in the United States, ultimately making their home in New Haven, CT, where they remained until 2001. Because Guy's British Engineering degree was not accepted in the U.S. in the fifties (it was later retroactively recognized), he switched to a career in International Trade, which culminated in the forming of his own company, Ameropean Industries (later Ameropean Corporation), in 1965. Specializing in representing unusual European technology in the U.S., he was instrumental in the introduction of the now-ubiquitous pneumatic hatchback spring to the American automotive industry. Guy was active in the Episcopal Church and was a member of the Long Wharf Theater Associates in New Haven. He played tennis, table tennis (NEVER ping-pong!) and, with Jill as his partner, was an avid bridge player. Even in retirement, he continued to represent Ameropean at trade conferences, setting up his booth with Jill and marketing his latest European find: custom-embossed leather bookmarks. At more than one conference, it was possible to catch his performance of Gerard Hoffnung's "Respected Sir," as the reserved Englishman surprised his fellow attendees with his skill as a comic after-dinner speaker. Predeceased by Jill on September 13, 2010, Guy is survived by son Jim Bigwood (and Jay) of Jersey City, NJ; daughter Kate Atkinson (and Michael) of Concord, NH; son Peter Bigwood (and Liz) of Northampton, MA; daughter Joan Bigwood King of Palo Alto, CA; and Sothy Kay (and Karen) of Braintree, MA; 6 grandchildren, William and Annie Bigwood, Caroline and Peter King, Georgia Atkinson, and Peter Kay; and a sister, Betty Goldsmith, of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England.

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