Alan G. Cameron, 76, of Carlisle died on April 9th after a battle with cancer.
Mr. Cameron was born on June 4th 1940 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and was the son of the late David M. Cameron and Edith (Smith) Cameron.
He spent most of his early years in Barrington, Rhode Island and came to Massachusetts to attend MIT, earning a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering in 1962 and 1964 respectively.
As a student in Boston he met his wife Meredith at an MIT/Simmons dance. They were married on June 20, 1964, and moved to Carlisle in 1966 where they spent many happy years together until her passing in 2009.
Alan had a long career as an electrical engineer, working at MITRE Corporation, Lincoln Laboratory, Teledyne Brown and other defense contractors.
He also spent many years serving in various Carlisle government positions, as well as devoting much of his time and energy to the First Religious Society of Carlisle, The Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, the Friends of the Council on Aging and the Savoyards theater group.
Alan could often be found biking on the rail trail and roads around Carlisle, hosting midnight cross country ski parties, canoeing down the Concord River, doing the walk to Concord on Patriot's Day, assisting with events on Memorial Day and enjoying the festivities of Old Home Day. Mostly Alan loved spending time with his family and many, many friends in Carlisle. In his later years, Mr. Cameron enjoyed traveling with his companion Dianne McAulay.
He is survived by his daughter Elizabeth A. Cameron of Carlisle, MA, daughter Heather A. Cameron and her husband Michael Paranzino of Bethesda, MD, grandchildren Jack Cameron, and Cameron, Emily, and Alec Paranzino, his sister Anne Stillings and her husband Robert, his niece Sara DeBoth and her husband Steve along with their sons Iain and Everett all of Barrington, RI.
A memorial service will be held at the First Religious Society, 27 School St., Carlisle on May 19, at 4:00 P.M.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Religious Society of Carlisle and the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.