Dr. Louis Glen Bailey

Dr. Louis Glen Bailey passed away on September 4, 2021, at the age of 89. He was born on November 29th, 1931, in Delta, Colorado to Elwood (“Woody”) and Lucile Bailey. Shortly thereafter the family moved to California – eventually buying a home in Ontario, where Dr. Bailey grew up. He enjoyed spending free time at many of the southern California beaches, especially those around the city of Newport Beach.

After high school, Dr. Bailey attended Stanford University. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1953 and decided to follow his passion of science into post‐graduate work. He completed his work in 1957 – receiving a Ph. D. in Chemistry from Stanford.

Upon graduation, he accepted an offer and moved to Dallas to begin working for Texas Instruments. He met Billie Joyce Cooke, (his wife of over sixty years) when he started there in 1957. Dr. Bailey was a member of the Technical Staff in the Research Division and Billie Joyce was secretary to the Personnel Director of the Research Division. After a short courtship, they were married on July 4th, 1959.

Dr. Bailey was part of the Research and Development team working on materials for electronic applications, specializing in compound semiconductors and magnetic materials. He developed rare earth garnets for electronic memories in the Central Research Labs and then established a manufacturing operation to produce them as commercial devices.

He left Texas Instruments after 26 years to help found Veeco Integrated Automation, Inc., a company formed to develop and manufacture computer‐controlled robotic material handling systems for semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing. He was granted several patents and published numerous technical papers.

In 1993 he chose to retire and pursue his other passion: spending time with his wife. They enjoyed travelling and camping throughout the United States at every opportunity. They became fascinated with genealogy around this time – and began a journey to piece together the family’s story going back to 1640 when they believed the first Bailey’s landed in Weymouth, Massachusetts. They published a comprehensive 669‐page book in 1999 (Bailey Genealogy Descendants of Thomas Bayley/Bailey of Weymouth) that was donated to many genealogical libraries. He would often receive letters and phone calls from people that were able to use the information in tracing their ancestry – and was always glad to

help.

Lou and Billie cherished time spent with their family – tirelessly hosting many of the holiday gatherings. They memorialized birthdays, anniversaries, and other family milestones by taking hours of videotape and thousands of pictures; then creating hundreds of beautiful family videos for everyone to enjoy. They also enjoyed sailing, traveling,fossil and rock hunting. They were inseparable until her passing in June of 2020. A true picture of love and devotion.

Dr. Bailey was preceded in death by his wife: Billie Joyce Cooke Bailey, and his parents: Elwood and Lucile Bailey. Dr. Bailey is survived by their children: Debbie Ann Bailey Brogan and her husband, Terry; Michael Glen Bailey and his wife, Julie; and Donald Wayne Bailey and his wife, Marcela; his grandchildren: Sara Brown, Rebecca Esch, Tami Muckleroy, Hunter Bailey, Evan Bailey, Diego Bailey, Ashleigh Petty, Conrad Servin, and Katherine Acacia Servin. He was also blessed with his great‐grandchildren: Anna Brown, Isabella, Samuel and Taylor Schoen, Bailey Ann, Julia Joyce, Lauren,

Lillie, and Lindsey Muckleroy, Emily Kirk, and Benjamin Petty; and great‐great grandchildren, Caedyn and Chandlyr Muckleroy. Dr. Bailey will be missed by all, but always present in our hearts and thoughts.

In lieu of flowers, donations to The Foundation for Fighting Blindness can be made. Foundation Fighting Blindness — Foundation Fighting Blindness

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