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Ralph Zimmerman, fencing official, awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
A service for Dr. Ralph A. Zimmerman, Ph.D., 65, of Boonton Township will be at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Mackey Funeral Home, 107 Essex Ave., Boonton.
Dr. Zimmerman, who died Sunday at home, was a research chemist for the Passaic River Coalition before retiring in 2003. He also worked for the League of Women Voters.
He earned an undergraduate degree in 1964 and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry in 1967, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a fencer and New England champion in his senior year.
A bomber crew chief in the Air Force during peacetime, Dr. Zimmermans plane was part of the U-2 surveillance project, flying the perimeter of the Soviet Union. Although he flew during peacetime, his plane was damaged by Soviet fire and his service earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Dr. Zimmerman was president of the New England Division of the Amateur Fencers League of America. He won a national Silver Medal as a member of the New York Athletic Club Fencing team.
He was also an internationally-ranked fencing official who refereed the Olympics and World Champion bouts. He also refereed Gold Medal bouts at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
Dr. Zimmerman served two four-year terms as vice president of the U.S. Fencing Association and worked for its Fencing Officials Commission. He was also chairman of a USFA task force.
He also belonged to the South Jersey Theater Organ Society.
Born in Philadelphia, he lived in Vineland before moving to Boonton Township.
Surviving are his wife, Nancy; a daughter, Mary Daniels, and brothers, Donald and David.
This was from the Star Ledger in northern NJ
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