[Members] NPA Member Dies: Charles Bert Schreiber

[David de Hilster]

*Charles Bert Schreiber, Lt. USN Ret., age 83, of Bellaire, TX, died October
19, 2007 after a brief illness. *

During his illness he commented that if it were his time to go, he was at
peace. He had been blessed with a happy marriage, loving children and
grandchildren, and had lived a full life without regret. A confirmed
bachelor at age thirty, Bert was swept off his feet by Billie Ann Grant of
Chattanooga, and they became engaged on their third date. After 52 years of
marriage he was still smitten. Bert cherished his family life and loved his
role as grandfather. He is survived by his wife Billie Ann, son Paul
Schreiber and wife Tammy, daughter Janie and husband Stuart Mitcham,
daughter Jo and husband Rob Gill, grandchildren Carly and Scott Schreiber,
Sara and Abby Mitcham, Jessica and Logan Gill, and Taylor Dunlap, his
extended family Steve and Halley Erickson and their children, his brother
Carl Jr., sister-in-law Mary Katherine Schreiber and nieces and nephew. He
was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Myron.

Born in Port Neches, TX, September 3, 1924 to Carl and Nellie Schreiber,
Bert moved to Beaumont, TX, on his second birthday, and graduated in 1941
from Beaumont High School. In 1942, during his first year at Lamar Junior
College, he volunteered for service, and was among the first group inducted
into the Navy V-1 program. He was sent to Southwestern Louisiana Institute
in Lafayette as an enlisted man, and then to Columbia University
Midshipman's School, graduating as an Ensign in the USNR in June 1944.

He served in WWII on the LST 241 in the Pacific theater, earning numerous
medals including a Purple Heart for wounds received during the battle of
Okinawa.

After the war, Bert returned to LSI, graduating with a BS degree in physics
in 1949. He attended the University of Texas as a postgraduate for one
semester before volunteering to serve again during the Korean War aboard the
LSM 359 for one year and at the Comnavmarinas area Headquarters at Guam for
two years, on staff as the Atomic, Biological, Chemical Warfare Defense
Officer. He maintained his Naval Reserve status and retired as a
Lieutenant-USN. In 2005 he was honored in Guam for his contributions towards
the effort to include Guam and its citizens under the U.S. Radiation
Exposure Compensation Law.

Upon discharge from active service, he returned to Beaumont and worked in
his family's business, Santa Fe Salvage Co. After moving to Houston he
founded and served as the President and CEO for Santa Fe Supply, jointly
owned with his brothers, and later owned and operated Sun Belt Art Supply.

He was a Second Class Scout and for ten years was the Scoutmaster for Troop
900 in Spring, TX.

After his retirement, he pursued his scientific interests, publishing
numerous papers and letters in various scientific journals.

A memorial service will be held 4:00 p.m. Saturday, November 3 at Miller
Funeral Home, 7723 Beechnut, Houston. Immediately after the service, the
family invites Bert's friends to gather at his daughter's home or a dinner
and celebration of his life.

*Thoughts from the NPA*

*How sad. Bert was a truly brilliant man who contributed much to science in
his own way. He was never afraid to take a position (which he knew to be
correct) i spite of overwhelming odds against him. AND, he had a great knack
jor simplifying complcated equations ad concepts to a few simple basic
conceptes.

He will truly be missed by our world-wide organization, the Natural
Philosophy Alliance,(NPA) at which Bert occassionlay met and presented some
some very remarkable papers.

I think he knew his health was failing. At the last NPA conference which he
attended (I believe in May, 2005) at the Univ. of Connecticut--Storrs, I
discussed his topics with him and he said that was probalby the last of our
conferences which he would be able to attend.

May God's peace be with you and the rest of his family.

Neil Munch,
Secretary, NPA *
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