Howard Patton
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Howard Patton died Aug. 4, 2026. He was 91 years old. Patton was born on Nov. 25, 1934, in Tuba City, on the Navajo Nation. He received his degree in mechanical engineering from San Francisco City College. He joined Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in 1959, working in the Nuclear Weapons Engineering Group. After 15 years, he joined a new and exciting technology: high-power lasers. Patton had three specialties, high-power laser engineering, contamination control and vacuum processing for micro-electronic devices. Highlights of his career include designing the Shiva and Nova
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