Edward Lantz, nuclear physicist

The Washington Post: Edward Lantz, nuclear physicist
Edward Lantz, 88, a nuclear physicist who worked as a engineer for NASA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, died of pneumonia April 29 at his home in Montgomery Village.

Mr. Lantz joined NASA in 1956. He worked on propulsion and launching systems and participated in the Apollo spaceflight program that landed the first men on the moon in July 1969.

He later worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission before retiring in 1987.

Edward Lantz was born in Wooster, Ohio. He served in the Army Air Forces during World War II and also served during the Korean War.

He was a 1949 physics graduate of what is now Case Western Reserve University. He received a master’s degree in physics from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.

Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Charlotte Mangas Lantz of Montgomery Village; a son, Larry Lantz, also of Montgomery Village; and two grandchildren.