Eugene Mallove

Eugene F. Mallove, a leading advocate of cold fusion research, was murdered on May 14 at his family’s home in Norwich, Conn. Mallove died of blunt force injuries to his head and neck. He was 56.
The case is still under investigation, but police suspect robbery was the motive. Mallove’s minivan and several other items were removed from the home; the van was later found at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn.
Mallove earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and received his doctorate in environmental health sciences from Harvard University. After teaching science journalism at MIT and Boston University, Mallove became the chief science writer at the MIT news office. In 1989, he resigned in protest, claiming the school manipulated its cold fusion test data to show a negative result.
A resident of Pembroke, N.H., and the president of the nonprofit New Energy Foundation, Mallove has served as the editor-in-chief of Infinite Energy magazine since 1995. He also wrote several books, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for “Fire and Ice: Searching for the Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furor.”
Mallove worked as a technical adviser on the 1997 Val Kilmer movie, “The Saint.” Two years later, he wrote the documentary, “Cold Fusion: Fire From Water,” which was narrated by James Doohan of “Star Trek” fame.