Donna Lewiss Brock ’59

Donna Lewiss Brock ’59, of Lincoln, Mass., of lung cancer; Sept. 10. She was a graduate of Defense Systems Management College. Prior to entering U.S. government service, she was employed in the private sector in the fields of radar development and system test. As a U.S. Army civilian, she was chief of software engineering for various project and program offices, as well as for various functional organizations at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command. Her career also included lead roles in various upgrades of high-end radars for the Missile Defense Agency, serving as director for follow-on systems planning and deputy director for system deployment. She presented and published two papers on the subjects of software development and determining appropriate sites for radar. She was a member of the Acquisition Corps. She was very active in Toastmasters and was elected to the Toastmasters International board of directors after holding several state and regional offices. She was also a member of Mensa, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and Federally Employed Women. In her retirement years, Donna volunteered as a facilitator at the Concord Council on Aging, was a volunteer driver for a local charity, a site coordinator for Elderhostel programs in Boston, and active with the Town of Concord Visitor Center. She enjoyed telling visitors about Concord as a licensed Concord Guide. As a volunteer Road Scholar Ambassador, she visited events and retirement communities to share the joy of adult learning through travel around the world and participated in more than 50 trips locally and globally. She was a lifelong learner and avid reader and is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, a son, three grandchildren, a brother and sister-in-law, and several nieces and nephews.