Walter specht biography

Specht, Walter.
Walter Specht was born March 5th.
Specht received his bachelor's degree from Walla Walla College in 1936 and worked as a minister and evangelist for ten years in Montana, Oregon, and Oklahoma.

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Walter A. Specht Jr.

Date of Death: December 21, 2020

Date of Birth: November 3, 1936

Biography:

Topsham - On Monday, December 21, 2020, Dr. Walter A. Specht Jr., husband and father, passed away at the age of 84, in Topsham, Maine.

Walter was born on November 3, 1936, in Minneapolis, MN to Walter A. Specht, Sr. and Doris (Smith) Specht. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the California institute of Technology (CalTech) in 1957, and served in the United States Navy Officer Corps from 1957 to 1961 and Navy Reserve from 1961 to 1972. He earned his Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1961 and Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering and Physics in 1965 from CalTech. Walter worked in the defense consulting industry for 38 years until his retirement in 2003.

Walter had a passion for education and helping others to achieve their educational goals. He took great joy in his role as a Boston Regional Representative for the CalTech Admissions Program, the president of the Boston CalTech Alumni Chapter,

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Walter Arnold Specht

Walter Arnold Specht was born April 8, 1944, in Longview, Washington to Clem and Amelia Specht. He left this world on August 10, 2024, surrounded by his family.

He was a lifelong resident of Cowlitz County and graduated from Kelso High School. He enjoyed flying airplanes, fishing, hunting, racing flat track motorcycles, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. After serving in the U.S Navy he worked for Specht Brothers Specialty Coatings for several years, followed by the Longview School District for thirty-three years, retiring as Maintenance Manager.

Walt married Marie Davis, the love of his life, on December 2, 1967, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Longview. They spent 57 years together making beautiful memories filled with love and laughter, and spending time with their daughter Jennifer, son-in-law, Erik, granddaughter Anneliese, cousins, and many, many wonderful friends. Walt could always be counted on to support his family, friends and community and keep email inboxes supplied with humorous jokes and commentary.

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Specht, Walter

GERMAN
FORENSIC SCIENTIST

In 1937, at the University Institute for Legal Medicine and Scientific Criminalistics in Jena, Germany, Walter Specht introduced the use of luminol as a presumptive test for blood at crime scenes. This is forensically important, because perpetrators often wash away visible signs of blood at the scene, in an effort to remove all possible evidence of the crime.

A presumptive test for blood is used when forensic investigators have strong reason to suspect that blood is present but is not currently visible at the scene. A presumptive test will neither prove nor disprove, in and of itself, the presence of blood at a crime scene—it will merely indicate a likelihood, which should then be further investigated.