In Memoriam: Longtime Red Bank Resident Vincent Mancino, 93

Longtime Red Bank resident, Vincent J. Mancino, passed away on Sept. 24 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center after a long illness. He was 93.

Vincent was an electrical engineer. He served in the U.S. Army Special Weapons forces during the Korean War and participated in and witnessed an atomic bomb explosion in a test exercise in Nevada.

Vincent was also a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, where he served as a Flotilla Commander and as a financial officer for the Sandy Hook Division and the Monmouth Beach Flotilla for many years. He served for more than 45 years and received many significant awards.

He was also one of the founders of what was then the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Monmouth County, was its first secretary and served on its Board of Trustees for the first 10 years of its existence.

“He enjoyed boating along the NJ coastal waterways for many years, playing bridge, family outings and investing and trading in stocks and options.”
Loved ones of Vincent Mancino in his obituary

Born in Procida, Italy, Vincent grew up in Red Bank and graduated from Red Bank High School. He received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and a master’s degree from Drexel University. He also took graduate level courses at the University of New Mexico, University of Pennsylvania and Northeastern University.

He had two careers. One was in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). He started this career as a trainee engineer at RCA Corporation in Camden. He ended this phase of his career as chief engineer of Cornell Dubilier’s Filter Division in New Bedford, MA, where parts to control EMC were manufactured.

He started his second career in Reliability at the RCA Space Center in Princeton. He advanced through a number of positions and eventually became manager of Engineering Reliability. In this position he was responsible for parts engineering (both passive and active), materials engineering, reliability analysis and predictions, the failure analysis laboratory and EMC.

In this capacity, he was involved with many space projects such as: weather satellites, including the first satellite to give the five-day forecast launched in 1979 and commercial communication satellites. Also, many scientific expeditions such as exploration of the moon’s surface and the first satellite to explore Mars (Viking I).

Vincent was also a member of the AIAA, the IEEE, the IEEE Reliability Engineering Society and the IEEE’s Electro Magnetic Compatibility Society. He was the past chairman of the AIAA Safety Subcommittee, a past chairman of the IRE Transmitter Radiation Subcommittee, a past chairman of an industry wide Space Parts Working Group and the author of numerous engineering papers in his field.

He was one of the founders of the IRE Interference Professional Group, forerunner of the IEEE Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society. In 2007, he was one of the first six IEEE members inducted into the IEEE’s EMC Society Hall of Fame at an International Conference in Hawaii.

Vincent was predeceased by: his parents, Salvatore Mancino Sr. and Lucia (DiMeo) Mancino Buonano; his wife of 59 years, JeanAnn (Kaeli) Mancino; and his sister, Mary (Mancino) Lamberson.

He is survived by: his loving son, Joseph V. Mancino and companion Melanie McLean, of Oceanport; and brothers; Frank Mancino, of Rumson, and Salvatore Mancino II and lifetime partner, Diane MacPhee, of Rumson; and many nephews and nieces.

A visitation is set for Wednesday, Sept. 28th from 4 to 8 p.m. at the John E. Day Funeral Home, Red Bank. A funeral home service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, followed by burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Middletown. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, SPCA or charity of your choice.

— Edited obituary prepared by family via Thompson Memorial Home