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Macaholic
02-23-10, 10:10 AM
A moment of radio silence and salute to a great man (http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2010/02/22/prof-gordon-designer-and-director-arecibo-telescope-dies-92).

Former Cornell professor William E. Gordon, engineering, the designer, construction manager and first director of Cornell's massive radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, died on February 16 in Ithaca. Gordon, who died of natural causes, was 92 years old.

tricknasty
02-23-10, 07:58 PM
We could only hope to live that long and make such an impact on society.

QuietIce
02-24-10, 06:37 AM
*A moment of silence*

We could only hope to live that long and make such an impact on society. Agreed ...!