Albert B. Watrous, 94, of Meadow Lakes in East Windsor, NJ, died Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Born in New York City, Albert lived in Florham Park, NJ for 37 years and Manchester, NJ, for 22 years before moving to Meadow Lakes two years ago.

Mr. Watrous received his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Cooper Union in 1943. He then entered the US Army and was honorably discharged, as a 2nd Lieutenant after faithfully serving his county from 1944 to 1946 and receiving a field commission in Italy.

Before his retirement in 1982, he was employed as a Member of the Technical Staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City and New Jersey for 46 years. He participated in many challenging projects, including the Nike Guided Missile System and the Telstar Project in Maine, which was used to transmit the first trans-Atlantic television broadcast in 1962. He later worked on a buried waveguide project to increase the capacity of long-haul telephone transmission.

Predeceased by a brother, Harold in 1960, Albert is survived by his loving wife, of 65 years, Elizabeth M. Watrous, two sons and daughters-in-law; Donald and Ilene Watrous of Princeton Junction, NJ and Mark and Kathryn Watrous of Mountain Lakes, NJ and four grandchildren; Andrew, Shaina, Timothy and Jonica. He is also survived by his Thai son, Suchart Hiranprueck and his family of Bangkok, Thailand. Suchart joined his family in 1969 thru the high school American Field Service Program for foreign students.

Private burial services will be held at B/G Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Arneytown, NJ.

Memorial contributions, in his memory, to Springpoint Senior Living Foundation, 13 Roszal Road, Suite C120, Princeton, NJ 08540 would be appreciated.