BROOME PAUL W., Jr. Paul W. Broome, a longtime resident of Boulder and Winter Park, Colorado, Hawaii and Luray, Virginia, passed away on January 11, 2018, at his home in Hawaii, of Cancer. He was the son of Paul W. Broome and Mona I. Lynch of Noblestown, PA. Dr. Broome, a graduate of West Allegheny High School in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, received an honorable mention in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search in 1950 in which over thirteen thousand (13,000) top students throughout the world competed and only 260 received awards. This award provided the opportunity for college and, with this in hand, and help from the school principal, Dr. Miklaussen, he received a scholarship to Carnegie Mellon University (then Carnegie Tech). He attended Carnegie Mellon University and received his Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering. Founder of ENSCO, Inc., a research and development company based in Falls Church, VA, Dr. Broome had a career spanning disciplines as diverse as exploration for natural resources, missile development and development of scientific tools to aid in enforcing treaties relating to weapons of mass destruction with the goal of encouraging countries into compliance. He was the author or co-author of several technical, engineering, mathematical and scientific papers. Paul has been an amateur radio operator, W3OUY since just after WWII. He was a member and is now a supporter of Sigma Nu, a national college fraternity. He had been a member of the Lions in Winter Park, a longtime member of the Ski Meisters, a group of skiers over 55 years old at Winter Park, and the Colorado Mountain Club. In addition, he was a member of Tau Beta Pi, a scientific honorary society, Eta Kappa Nu, the engineering honor society, and Sigma XI. He is listed in several 'Who's Who' including 'Who's Who in America', 'Who's Who in Finance and Industry' and 'Who's Who in Science and Engineering' as well as in 'American Men and Women of Science' and 'Leaders in American Science'. Paul was an avid outdoorsman, traveler, hiker, biker, skier, and camper, spending much time skiing in Colorado and backpacking with his wife and children in their favorite places in Hawaii, the Na Pali coast of Kauai, Hawaii volcanos, and the Haleakala crater in Maui. He also enjoyed many hiking and biking trips in Europe with the Colorado Mountain Club. He, his wife and (occasionally) his children traveled extensively in Europe, India and China as well as taking trips to Antarctica, the South Seas, and both Sahara and Sub-Sahara Africa. He is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Joan Brown Broome; four children, Paul W. Broome III, Virginia Kathleen Austria, Ronald Way Broome and Barbara Grace Fitzpatrick; and 11 grandchildren. Dr. Broome was 85 years old. Interment will be in the Oakdale Cemetery in Oakdale, PA. The family requests that memorial contributions may be made to the Habitat for Humanity. Please sign the guestbook at: thomas-littlefuneral service.com Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb