Roger Anthony Villecco, 77, of Williamsburg, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020.
Roger was a Vietnam Veteran and served in the Navy as a Naval Intelligence Investigation Officer and a Propulsion Engineering School Instructor. He was a mathematical physicist with former affiliations with academia (California Institute of Technology, U.C. Long Beach, MIT, University of Tennessee), industry (SAIC, CSA, Teledyne-Brown, Sanders, DMJM), and government, (Atomic Energy Commission, DOE, Navy, Air Force, DOD). Roger was also a published author in his field of study.
Roger loved long conversations with his family and friends, playing with his kitties, and researching and writing. He had a beautiful sense of humor and was a great story teller.
Roger is survived by his wife, Judy Diana Villecco, son Joshua, and many Nieces and Nephews.
Gerald W Kimble posted on 8/21/20
I was a one-week beginning assistant professor of mathematics at Cal State Long Beach in 1961. My task was math course placement of about 300 high school graduates. I placed Roger in trigonometry which he hadn't taken in HS. Then I looked at the 700 trigonometry entrance test scores. The highest score was by Roger Villecco! I took him for an interview with Feynman at Cal Tech. Cal Tech waived his tuition and allowed him to transfer to Cal Tech with sophomore standing. From then until my retirement in 1988 I never encountered another Roger Villecco. He stayed in contact with me through his time in the Navy.