Wow, Prof. Schmolze died? I hadn't heard. I really enjoyed my comp 11 class with him. Any idea what he died from?
--Max Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:07:17 -0400
I worked for Dr Howell in the building between the gym and the hill, in '64/'65.
I was one of three machinists working on his balloon research project. We built a balloon package to fly from Alamogordo, NM.
At 100k+ feet, a reworked Nikon took infrared pictures of the Moon and Venus through a 24' telescope that used gold plated beryllium mirrors.
--xoxoxo Bruce Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:47:32 -0400
pancreatic cancer according to the Globe obituary...
Bruce, wow, that's pretty cool, didn't know you had a Tufts connection.
--Kirk Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:47:15 -0400