Alan Alfred Ware

Alan Alfred Ware died August 28, 2010, at age 85 in Austin, Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Teresa Helen Ware, on March 25, 2010. He is survived by his brother, Collin Ware of London, daughter Helen Reid of Mesquite, and sons Paul Ware of Portland, Jonathan Ware of Austin, and Andrew Ware of Missoula, Montana, five grandchildren, Bobby Reid, Jeni Dominguez, Kristen McAshan, Trent Ware and Gabbi Ware, three great-grandchildren, Avery Reid, Travis Reid, and Emery Dominguez and several nieces and nephews. Alan was born in Portsmouth, England in 1924 and served in the British Royal Navy at the end of World War II. He was a pioneer in the field of fusion energy. In 1951, he received his Ph.D. from Imperial College, London, England. He became the leader of the Thermonuclear Section for Associated Electrical Industries in Aldermaston, England. He married Teresa in 1952. The family emigrated from England to the United States in 1965 and settled in California. They moved to Austin, Texas, in 1969 when Alan accepted a senior scientist position at the University of Texas where he worked for more than thirty years on fusion energy research. As a devout Catholic, Alan was a longtime member of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, was active in the Legion of Mary for over 50 years, and led the rosary weekly for inmates at the Travis State Jail and recently for residents of Longhorn Villages until his death. Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from six o’clock in the afternoon until eight o’clock in the evening with a Rosary recited at seven o’clock in the evening on Tuesday, the 31st of August, in the Colonial Chapel of Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 North Lamar in Austin. A funeral mass will be celebrated at ten-thirty in the morning on Wednesday, the 1st of September, in the chapel of St. Theresa's Catholic Church, 4311 Small Drive in Austin, where Msgr. Bill Brooks is to officiate.In lieu of flowers, the family requests (at Alan’s suggestion) donations be made to the Damien-Dutton Society for Leprosy Aid, 616 Bedford Avenue, Bellmore, New York 11710 (http://damien-duttonleprosysociety.org).Words of condolence may be sent to the family at www.cookwaldenfuneralhome.com Arrangements under the direction of Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, Texas 78752 (512) 454-5611.