Michael B. Schmitt, 56, a senior management adviser with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, died Feb. 1 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. He had leukemia.
Mr. Schmitt worked for NIST in Gaithersburg for more than 25 years. Most recently, he was senior management adviser in the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, a major operating unit at NIST. He was a member of the laboratory's management team and responsible for finance, budget, procurement and personnel functions.
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In 2003, he served as chairman of the NIST Management Advisory Council, an organization charged with ensuring the efficient flow of administrative policies and procedures at the agency. Before joining NIST, he worked at the Department of Agriculture from 1972 to 1979.
Mr. Schmitt, a Washington native, grew up in University Park. He was a 1967 graduate of Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, where he was an accomplished trumpeter and acted in school drama productions. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., in 1971. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Mr. Schmitt, a resident of Germantown, was a member of Covenant United Methodist Church in Montgomery Village. He served for many years as financial secretary of the church and was a member of its finance committee.
He was an avid baseball fan and collector of cards and autographs of minor league ballplayers. He especially loved meeting younger players and tracking their progress into the big leagues. He also was a student of the original Washington Senators and reveled in meeting some of his childhood heroes of the 1950s at card shows.
Mr. Schmitt also belonged to the "Super Pool," a group of college friends who stayed in touch through an annual contest selecting winners of pro football games, which culminated in a party on Super Bowl weekend. The contest was highly competitive, even though by rule, no money ever changed hands. Mr. Schmitt was a past winner of the "John K. Brallier Cup," awarded to the member with the most correct picks during the season.
Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Lynn V. Schmitt of Germantown; two daughters, Hannah Schmitt and Rebecca Schmitt, also of Germantown; his mother, Joyce B. Schmitt of Gaithersburg; two brothers, Thomas E. Schmitt of Concord, N.C., and Richard B. Schmitt of Derwood.
