Jon Pat Nalley

Jon “Pat” Nalley was born on March 17, 1946 in Los Angeles California. He worked at the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) at China Lake, CA for over 33 years. He worked mainly in the Microelectronics Branch, first as an engineer and later as branch and division heads.
Pat did postgraduate work at UCLA, studying electrical engineering and solid state physics.
He spent three years in active duty in the Navy aboard the USS Knox (DE 1052) with two 6-month deployments to Vietnam. He was Main Propulsion Assistant for the first cruise and the Electronics Materiel Officer for the second cruise.
After his federal retirement from NAWC, Pat worked for L-3 Communications for three years. His main project for L-3 was sending two satellites to the moon, searching for water; yes, they found ice on the surface of the moon!

Pat is survived by his wife, Colette, daughters, Melissa and Karen, and stepdaughters, Nicolette and Cecilia. He has 5 grandchildren—Sara, Kelsey, Kylee, Travis, and Sophia. and finally—but not the least to the animal loving man— his dear dog, Rona and cat, Moki. Pat will also be missed by a large and loving extended family and community of friends:

Pat died from complications from kidney cancer.