I knew Oliver Smoot.
We both attended Taipei American School in Taiwan during the late 1950s. He was a senior while I was a freshman.
After he graduated he went back stateside to attend MIT.
Never heard anything about him until my brother met up with him at a TAS reunion 30 years ago.
Then 20 years ago after I started messing around on the Internet, saw the MIT story about the Smoot “measurement” and it’s funny origin.
This was our original campus in downtown Taipei then (the school moved to a large suburban campus in the 1960s):
I used to park by the Stadium at San Jacinto & 21st most of the time for class.
Sometimes close to Littlefield Fountain if I had a class in the 6 Pack. (Early ‘60s)
Speaking of hard hitting news, the AAS actually shed a little bit of light on the City Council’s accounting chicanery for once….
http://www.statesman.com/news/politics/elections/local/article/austin-proposition-q-budget-accounting-21122290.php?utm_content=hed&sid=689778998283b1454f057a30&ss=A&st_rid=null&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=roundup&utm_campaign=stsm | mid-morning must-reads
Am tempted to add a can to my 5.56 pistol next year if I’m still around.
Just for the heck of it.
Guess I’d have to do the trust thing. Would that allow it to be passed down to a family member?
I didn’t know him too well and never talked about it with him.
He was one of several faculty & staff members who were recognized for their military service in a showcase display celebrating Veteran’s Day.
One of the custodians had his Bronze Star on display.