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RICHARD H. MacNEAL
Pages 196-201

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From page 197...
... Undeterred, Dick borrowed a onespeed bicycle with coaster brakes and set out on his own. He took American Express travelers checks to pay his expenses on the road but, under the impression that they could be cashed only at American Express offices, he spent 3 days riding through the wilds of New Hampshire with only 5 cents in his pocket, subsisting on ginger snaps.
From page 198...
... He was discharged in California in April 1946, and a month later married Carolyn Colcord, who was working in the offices of the Mount Wilson Observatory at the time. He started at Caltech that September thanks, perhaps, to a letter of recommendation written by Edwin Hubble, who was director of the analysis laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, although Dick claimed never to have known Hubble (who was "about eighteen levels above me in the organization")
From page 199...
... They focused their work accordingly, developing SADSAM (Structural Analysis by Digital Simulation of Analog Methods) and working closely with the aerospace industry to improve finite element analysis technology.
From page 200...
... Dick was an uncommonly generous man. His favorite cause was the Idyllwild Arts Foundation in California.


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