Walter E. Schortmann ’50

Walter E. Schortmann ’50, of Westerly, R.I.; Jan. 21. After obtaining degrees in chemistry and physics from Brown and Harvard he was recruited as a nuclear engineer at the Oak Ridge School of Technology, where he worked on peaceful uses for atomic energy. He later worked for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Union Carbide, and Combustion Engineering Corp. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Force. He is survived by a daughter and a grandson.