Carl W. Green, 83, of Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Lower Macungie Township, died January 16, 2016. He was the husband of Lois J. (Rehrig) Green. They were married 17 years. Born in Sweetwater, Texas, he was the son of Carl Raymond and Naomi (Chastain) Green.

He graduated from Dumas High School, Dumas, Texas in 1949, where he was a member of National Honor Society. He graduated from Texas Tech University, BSEE in 1955 with honors, Tau Beta Pi national engineering scholastic honor society. At Texas Tech he was in the Army R.O.T.C. from 1951 to 1955. He also enrolled in the Bell Laboratories Graduate Training Program from 1955 to 1959.

He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps Reserves as a 1st Lieutenant from 1956 to 1964. Following college he was employed at AT&T Bell Labs from 1955 to 1989, eventually becoming head of the Integrated Circuits Test Technology Department where he developed two patents for electronic circuits and wrote numerous papers on the testing and reliability of integrated circuits. He worked for Bell Labs from 1990 to 1991 as a contract engineering consultant and for Advantest America, Inc. from 1992 to 1997 as an engineering management consultant.

He was a member, secretary and director of the Emmaus Rotary Club, a private pilot and past president of Aircon Flying Club of Allentown. He was also a volunteer for Meals On Wheels and Citizens for Positive Government in Emmaus.

His hobbies included politics, tennis, computers and bridge.

In retirement he and his wife enjoyed the “snowbird” lifestyle sharing time between Pennsylvania and Florida. They traveled extensively, including visits to 13 countries in Western Europe and Eastern Asia and nine Road Scholar events in the U.S. and Canada.

He is survived by his wife; daughter, Julia Beth Spadt, of Coopersburg; stepdaughter, Karen and her husband Eric Berg, of Alexandria, Va.; granddaughter Megan Elizabeth Spadt; step-grandchildren, Kevin Rafalko, Jordan, Allison and Ian Berg. He was predeceased by his first wife, Meleva Dale (Pridham) Green in 1997; brother, Harrell R.; son, Chet Russell and stepdaughter, Denise Modrick.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bright Focus Foundation and United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley.

A memorial service will be held at a future date.