Laboratory employee Carlos E. Garcia of Environmental Applications (RRES-EA) was killed in a small-plane crash Monday near Belen.
Garcia, 67, was piloting a 1947 Beechcraft airplane when the crash occurred. He was alone in the plane. Garcia was a project leader in RRES-EA. Garcia came to work for the Laboratory on Oct. 2, 1989.
Garcia, who was active for a time in the Hispanic Diversity Working Group at the Lab, has bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University. He is survived by his wife, Anita, four children and three grandchildren. Arrangements are pending.