Albert T. Camp,
84, of Welcome

Albert T. Camp, for many years a top scientist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, died May 19, 2004, after an extended illness. He was 84 years old. A graduate of Yale Univesity and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Camp spent more than 30 years in the defense industry, including almost 25 years as a Navy civilian scientist.

During his 15 years at Indian Head, he held positions of supervisory chemical engineer, associate technical director and director of research and development.

Camp was considered a world expert in the field of solid rocket propellants and held 12 patents for his discoveries. He invented the propellants used in the 2.75 inch rocket, Zuni, ASROC, Shillelagh, RAPEC, XM-55 Army Chemical Rocket and Army Medium Assault Weapon. In 1997, the Naval Surface Warfare Center dedicated a new Technical Library in his name.

Many of his papers and patents are stored there. During the library dedication ceremony, base Commander Kate Paige, recognized Camp's "outstanding contributions to the Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, the Naval Sea Systems Command, and the United States Navy." After his retirement from Indian Head in 1979, Camp financed and managed the Brentland Farm and Goat Dairy, which was for many years the major mid-Atlantic supplier of goat milk for children with special allergic conditions. He also remained a consultant to the defense industry into his late 1970s.

He is survived by his second wife, Dawn Camp, and three daughters, Dr. Sharon Camp, Mrs. Nany Ganskow and Mrs. Cindy Hampton, as well as a brother and two sisters. A memorial service will be held at the La Plata United Methodist Church, at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 29.

Arrangements are being handled by Arehart-Echols Funeral Home.