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Norman J. Schofield died on Thursday, November 17, 2016 Norman was born April 10, 1946 in Columbus, Georgia, to Norman J. Schofield, Sr and Margaret Scanlon Schofield. Norman graduated from Parsippany High School, Parsippany, NJ, in 1964. He pursued his education at the California Institute of Technology, majoring in Physics, and graduated in 1968. He continued higher education at the University of Chicago, where he obtained a Masters degree in Physics and Mathematics. He began work toward a Ph.D. in Physics at the University of New Hampshire. During junior and senior high school years, Norman was involved in Boy Scout programs, where he attained the rank of Eagle Scout. In 1963 he was honored to be one of only twelve Boy Scouts in the country to present the annual Boy Scout ‘Report to the Nation’ to the President, John F. Kennedy. Norman was employed as a physicist at the Goddard Space Flight Center, a NASA space research laboratory, in Greenbelt, Maryland. Following a debilitating car accident in 1992, Norman moved to the Philadelphia area, to be close to family. Norman is survived by his devoted sister, Margaret (Peg) Schofield, and numerous cousins. A memorial service will be held November 30th at the Chadwick and McKinney Funeral Home, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, followed by a reception.

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Norman J. Schofield

April 10, 1946 - November 17, 2016