Holly’s going-away party
Holly’s going-away party
that day
Small memories of those ancient times. Vague memories fortified by family lore. I was at a neighbor’s house in South Acton, Massachusetts at a playmate’s afternoon birthday party as a five-year-old. The party was cut short when the news propagated across the nation. The gravity and horror of the event was evinced in the level of emotion apparent in the adults: upon returning home I came running into our split-level suburban house with the alarming report that “President Lincoln’s been shot! President Lincoln’s been shot!”
. . . when he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.
(from Romeo and Juliet, a quote given to Robert F. Kennedy by Jackie and later recited at the 1964 Democratic Party Convention by Robert as the introduction to his speech about his brother’s vision.)
Tuesday, 19 November, 1963
Had a discussion with ELE on 1) the Payload Physical Characteristics Handbook, 2) 2A letter from BSY (Col. Middlekauf) requesting the set-up of a small group at Norton to assist in the planning of long-range testing and to provide a channel for the results of L2 efforts in re-entry physics to get into BSD/BSY. Apparently the decision has been made to do it on a 3-month rotation basis. I suspect he was fishing to get me to go out there. I have been thinking for some time that such a party would have payoff. BSY has only one civilian in a civil service capacity.
100% OC
Light rain
92% RH — 45˚F
Worked on a talk for tomorrow night at the Sunday School Teachers. In spite of the temporary file on this I still couldn’t find the copy of “Science” that talked about C. P. Snow’s proposal to put public affairs in the hands of scientists. Finally decided to read what I have to say.
Axel’s birthday party
portrait, Axel and his MG
courtyard sounds
Brandon’s closing party
Brandon’s closing party
partying in the park
back on land
no longer surrounded by the sea.
the return from the island. temporary. permanent. who knows. the returns at some point in life are overwhelmed by last visits to anywhere. the drift continues. Jerneja & Tapio head to Helsinki in the very deep green and very fast Jag. I hop the train with two minutes to spare in Turku. such a different train than the one that carried me across the Rockies a few weeks ago. this one new, solid, smooth, modern, clean, like an airplane with lots of room. passing the horizontal compressed flatness of dark farmed soil, small vertical fir trees, tunnels drilled through billion-yeared gneiss, granites. and the head filling with tiredness. until the eyes are closed, dreaming. passing Salo, where once Sanna’s elderly grandmother said I had nice eyes, when I first was introduced to her. then to the family, and then dinner with the parents. her father just a few years older than I was, yikes. they hand the basement sauna along with a few beers over to Sanna and I to enjoy, later clad in sweat only.
free wifi on the train. the car is silent except for a crying baby accompanied with a tired mother who keeps taking the baby out to another part of the car, a glass-doored area with a handicapped bathroom with a wide cylindrical automatic door.
get back in town and run into a bunch of the Pixelache crew, so end up in Kallio hanging with them. I knock a beer stein off the coffee table that we are gathered around, it smashes into safety-glass pieces. Tapio and Jerneja show up, along with Amanda fresh in from Brooklyn on a residency with Pixelache to share her prodigious arts management experience. lovely to see her! talk to Jenni about meeting tomorrow when she is back late from Tallinn. late-ness seems to be dropped from the spring calculations about time here, now, when night is only a soft impression of not-near darkness. a low-risk approach, no, a clear divergence from the winter’s heavy blot. knowing how this is, the vast human awakening that occurs when the sun comes out and out and out is no surprise. teenagers already in practice after Vappua celebrations early in the month, they are not firmly rooted, roving outdoor parks all through the night, partying with some long-suppressed spirit. good for them, in the altered state of their convocations.
the hard cores survive
Bricolabs/Pixelache opening party
Made in Kallio dinner party
Wednesday, 01 May, 1963
Worked on photo specs: still in a quandary about how to organize the material.
In the PM I went to the latest IEEE PGEM Spring Lecture by Assoc. Prof. Rosenbloom of HBS who talked about “Performance Evaluation.” He thinks that “management by exception” is no longer universally applicable. He would use the same tool of evaluation, i.e., budgets, skeds, task definition, work planning sessions, but not regard the initial plan as infallible, using these tools to generate learning and the basis for new plans. I suppose to an experienced manager, this may sound like what he does; possibly so in the long run. The managerial dilemma or problem is how to keep happy those who want to work in a particular field and still channel off sufficient effort or results to operate the business at a profit.
Overcast
Talked to Prof. Tucker at MIT re: a phone system for PSC for monitoring purposes. Went in to see him arriving about 1:40 PM. He was most cordial, and gave me several good suggestions: Use WECO 415H subscriber magneto sets at each remote station w/ a 211A handset that could be plugged in to the 415H; a Signal Corps switchboard on the radio room; in place of the SC units a party line could be used, with ongoing codes. I listed the fx stations: 1) Radio Room, 2) TV Camera, 3) SS Room/TV Monitor, 4) Hawey Room, 5) Under Pulpit, 6) Attic 1, 7) Attic 2, 8) Attic 3, 9) Balcony Center, 10) Pulpit
Went in to PSC arriving about 6 PM; tried to remove the AC 110 volt ground on the base of the B&H 35mm slide projector. Wayne Cobb was on deck to operate the 16mm projector for the 6:30 service & the 35mm for the 9:30 PM service. Left at 7:40 and went out to the Babson Institute for the last IEEE Spring lectures on Management — this one was on “Performance Evaluation”, by Dr. Rosenbloom of HBS; he thinks “management by exception” is passé; he would use the same tools, but assumes that the initial plan is not infallible and that deviations therefrom are evidence of 1) inability to foretell the future, and 2) the need to evaluate for learning.
Talked to Geo Pickering; he wanted some of the small boxes put out for 35mm slides, and said the noon speaker with the 35mm slides looked away from the microphone & her voice was lost. While at PSC I tried to get Lake, but he wasn’t home (VI3-3131 Braintree). He called before I returned home at 10:20 PM; called him back & made arrangements to have him deliver a lavalier mike to Ed Poore in the morning.
Annette Joanne Funicello 1942 – 2013
Boy, did I fall in love with her, way back when — in The Mickey Mouse Club, Zorro, The Shaggy Dog, The Danny Thomas Show, The Monkey’s Uncle, Babes in Toyland — I was too little to absorb the Beach Party movies, though.
Saturday, 06 April, 1963
Cool
Windy
Replaced the Willys distributor, had quite a bit of trouble with the wiring on the cap. Re-gapped the spark plugs — finding one with a broken shirt. Re-timed engine, and stopped at AMS/Maynard to put in another spark plug. Finally got to PSC at 11:15 AM. The Willys runs quite well now that the distributor is finally rebuilt. New front shocks help a lot. I put in the anti-rattle spring — obtained at Albuquerque — on the shift lever.
Paul B. and I worked hard on the HF speaker, trying to tilt it to reduce the feedback, but the available movement was insufficient to reduce it appreciably. Estimated speaker tilt — from 41˚ to 38˚.
We pulled in a 9-conductor cable between the balcony projector position and the radio room.
I left at 5 PM and stopped at Sears/Lexington.
Went to Bernie Stiff’s in Lexington to a Conciliation Party [?] — three speakers told what they do; a most pleasant time.
JCH has a stomach disorder.
Saturday, 30 March, 1963
Picked up tickets & cash at L2.
Clear
Arrived at PSC about 9 AM. Paul Bradbury already there. We ran in two new 9-cord cables between the pulpit & radio room. Sldered in six jacks at each end and checked them out. We next put in 4 Nr. 16 plastic-coated wire for the new speakers, connected the Scott and an audio oscillator. The crossover network seemed to operate — 12 Db/octave altho we have no audio wattmeter or microvolt meter, or equipment to measure intermodulation distortion. There seems to be a quick tendency to generate feedback. We put a radio at the radio choir position and ran it thru the new speakers — they sound quite good. Pit in a switch to cut out the column speakers, and made 3 new connecting cables. The S-C amplifier still picked up FM and buzzed; we tried to isolate it but couldn’t. Put the Altec back in and didn’t hear any buzzing after 1-1/2 hours of listening.
Ken Olsen came in about 3 PM as we were putting on the audio oscillator. He had a line diagram for study.
Took my black shoes to Jordan’s for rebuilding. Took the red ones to Esart’s, where I got them in October 1942, to get the left one rebuilt 1/2-size wider; they will refer it to their shoe-maker.
Left PSC at 5 PM and managed to get to Sears/Lex to pick up my front shocks for the Willys & a Ford fuel pump at 5:35! Got home about 6:45 after stopping at the Lab to get my tickets & travel mtl. for Monday’s trip to El Paso & Alamagordo.
Put the shocks on and drove around to the PO — I think they help quite a bit. Put the new fuel pump on the Ford, using the old Ford filter. This should eliminate the carburetor stoppages at low contents of the gas tank.
Finally got to bed around 11 PM.
Ken Olsen took the S-C amp home to go over it again.
DCH went off to Newton to see his girlfriend in the afternoon w/o doing his studying first — he had to stay home in PM from Dr. Boardman’s party
Wednesday, 20 March, 1963
Showed WW my picture of the tankage re-entry, and left him the 2nd print. Also pointed out that in my opinion, the ability of the nose cone to penetrate to a suitable detonation altitude is the reason Khrushchev pulled out of Cuba. It seems to me also that the outputs of the TTR, Tradex, and the optical system should be combined.
Walt wants me to work on the TRAP III operation — attend TD meetings, etc., cover it to see if there are technical & political problems. I’m to report to ELE on this. We have a μ-densitometer (John Bower) that might be used: I have in mind a paper or two on this optical photo business.
Worked on report.
Snow 1 AM
Called Fred Lakewitz first thing and discussed the entire matter with him. The speakers should be mounted so that one is above the other, but as I pointed out to George Costello yesterday, this would be aesthetically or architecturally unacceptable. So, after 45 minutes discussion, I decided to call Dave Klepper & someone on the Fine Arts Committee. Dave thot the two speakers should be on a vertical CL, i.e., stacked, to avoid acoustic phase cancellation; symmetry should be preserved. He thot it okay to remove the LF driver from the bass reflex enclosure & mount it in the vertical wall under the HF unit. The 15″ driver is about 8″ deep, and as there is a 10″ space between the paster & the brick wall, this is fine. The LF driver would then be in an infinite baffle. Lake called back, and thot this quite good.
Called Dr. Perrin T. Wilson of the PSC Fine Arts Committee and he agreed to meet me there at 5 PM. Also called George Pickering (Repair Committee of Trustees) and Mr. Muirhead to also be there — 11:20 AM!
Went to a party at Woody Strodel’s — didn’t get there until 9:15 or so. We had to walk the last 300 yards over the hill. Had a pleasant time.
The starter was so far gone that it couldn’t be rebuilt! Another was put on at a cost of $17! It starts very nicely now.
John M. sustained a heart attack, and will have to be hospitalized. He wanted to be there, apparently realizing that he needs care.
rooftop party
Sunday, 03 March, 1963
Finished report to ELE.
1/2 OC
Went to church at 11 AM in the Memorial Chapel. The sermon was on “Time to Triumph” by the minister, Mr. Daughtry. Shortly afterwards, as I was strolling back to the BOQ, Aubrey Stinnett caught up with me and invited me over for dinner. I had a most pleasant afternoon and then after two hours back writing in my room, went with them to see the neighboring home of the Scotts where a birthday party was going on. Ice cream was made with a hand-operated stirrer. Spare ribs, baked beans, and salad made a delicious dinner. Aubrey and I took some time out to take some sunset pictures. We left early, and returned to their trailer to see two of their slide films w/ the records — “Japan,” and another “On The Pacific Shore.” I think I’ll get them — $4 + postage/month.
Thursday, 28 February, 1963
Spent all morning & up to about 2 PM working on my notes and additional questions for Peter Pfluke, AS, & JK.
Went up to Roi on the 3:55 and talked some more about the Versamat.
The shot went off, with RE occurring about 10 PM. It was most spectacular. First the tankage breaking up with a luminous cloud staying at this point for a minute or so, then the R/V, and finally the 2nd stage tankage trailing in. I tried to operate the Praktina but didn’t hold it open for the entire operation. It takes a wide-angle lens. Got back to Kwaj about midnight.
Think I’ll suggest to Don Dustin that there be an optics Dir. & party at Kwaj to produce an immediate report within a week, consolidating from all sources including the TTR, and that an increasing analytical effort be supported, that all RE work be put under a single Project Management separate from the Hardware Divisions.
1/2 overcast
Good wind
Woken up at 4 AM by my roommate Bruce Werhli going down to meet a C124.
Stayed in bed until 12:30 PM, doing paper work.
Also went over the Nikon F; it’s a marvelous camera, and I’m fortunate to be able to get it!
Friday, 15 February, 1963
Call from a Lockheed Aircraft Corp. chap who was inquiring about the DPC, no doubt put on it by Mr. Quinlan at Lockheed/Vandenburg. I referred him to Lt. Col. Parker at HqBSD/Norton.
Checked out a stop watch #449 indicating tenths of seconds.
Spoke at length w/ Frank McNamara on the TRAP III operation. He agreed that it would be quite desirable to keep Bendix in on the job, and agreed that it would be good to ask or suggest to Major Dalton that Bendix be responsible for as much as possible up to and including the processing of film.
Rode to Lab w/ Harry S. so I could go after the Ford, which I did on the 3 PM shuttle. The battery was cold-soaked and had to be boosted. Picked up a few rolls of film at the Coop and 3 tubes for the radio at the Radio Shack. Ate a sandwich and apple in the car at the Kendall Square parking lot.
Went over to PSC and talked w/ JAC & KO re: the audio system. After 2 hours of talking we were able to get Ken to agree to putting in an Altec multicellular HF & bass speaker system. He apparently has no feel at all for an audio system with anything other than the cheapest components.
Met JAH & NJH at 9 PM & went home. They had gone in on the train for a Valentine’s Party.
Saturday, 15 December, 1962
Spent a little time at the office in working out questions for use Monday at EKCo.
Overcast
Went to L2 for awhile in the AM.
Then took LCH & the children in to the annual Christmas Party. Picked up another roll of 16mm film, a new door check for the rear screen & storm door, 20 qts. or oil at Sears. After this, which took 2 hours, I stopped at PSC and went up to the attic to see if I could find the Altec preamp and put it back into service, but to no avail. After returning home, I called Bernie Stiff, who alerted the foreman for Thomas O’Connor Const. Co., but he couldn’t find it.
Saturday, 01 December, 1962
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Clear
warm
warm
Went to Cambridge and picked up a 4×5 film pack adapter, 2 photo floods, a 4×5 Tri-X film pack, and 2-100′ rolls Super Anscochrome.
LCH, Mary & Edith held the 50th Anniversary wedding party for John & May MacKenzie. About 90 attended! — in our house. Everything went very smoothly, thanks to a very efficient organization.
Monday, 12 November, 1962
Holiday. Drove home from Brookwoods, arriving about 5 PM.
Wrote a 3-page draft of my report on our BSD/Norton trip on 8 November. Will show it to ELE tomorrow morning & then coordinate it with Dave M.
Clear
It was relatively warm, particularly in the sun at the Boathouse.
Tom spoke at 10 AM with a thought-provoking message.
We drove back starting about 2 PM. The RR tire failed near Alton Bay, so I put on the new spare. Got home about 5 PM.
CR had a pleasant weekend with much partying.
DCH apparently did as he was told.
Friday, 26 October, 1962
Finished my write-up of the 20th OA Conference & gave it to Shirley to type & distribute.
Snow
The season’s first snow storm started last night — it was mostly rain at L2 when I arrived at 0810. Filled radiator before leaving home.
Another ship was stopped this morning, but allowed to proceed on its way to Cuba.
Went over to Waltham at noon to get some ground kelp.
Took LCH, NJH, & JCH in to PSC; there was a Halloween Party for the children.
Bob Slater wanted to know the title of Morris & Whitcomb’s book so he could get 2 copies — one for home, the other for the Library.
Saturday, 29 September, 1962
Clearing
Worked on heater for Willys all day, getting it all done but a thorough checking out.
A number of young girls from the church came out for a party. NJH seems tired.
James Bennet, a colored chap, has been refused admittance to Univ. of Miss by the Governor; 700 US Marshalls & Miss. National Guard are on hand, as the US Circuit Court of Appeals has exhausted its powers.
Tuesday, 25 September, 1962
Told ELE that I thot there should be a Division established to work on ECM.
I discussed with AAG, for about 2 hours, his memos on ECM dated 13 & 10 Sept. 1962. The one of 13 Sept. is incorrect in its statement of using strip chart recorders for the ECM recording; they are magnetic tapes in real time & re: the memo dated 10 Sept., it is misleading to me in that I took the terms “pattern” in its usual connotation to mean an antenna pattern — he seems to mean much more than that although his analysis seems directed toward the production of a “pattern of energy radiated…”. He has a mixture of pattern and plasma attenuation at several altitudes in his Fig. 7. It is not clear in my opinion. I suggested he recall it for the reasons as stated above and its complete lack of security classification — I was astonished at the latter situation.
It is quite evident that there has not been sufficient communication between us in “this miserable ECM business.” (See 23 July 1962)
Sat in mtg. with Lockheed to hear about the SFD tube again! This is their 2nd attempt on this one!
Cool
Overcast
Called Fred Lakewitz, and after some discussion he agreed to put in two column speakers & an amplifier to provide reinforcement in the sanctuary at no rental but we would have to pay the labor charges.
DCH got the cleanup job at the P.O.; it amounts to @22.50 every two weeks for about 8 hrs./week.
JCH ate an apple with lead arsenate on it; he complained of a tummy ache, so we took him to Dr. Weston, who thot he was getting a cold — if he was nauseated the chemical would have been toxic.
Saw Mr. Charbonneaux re: the Explorer’s party & Charles’ problem of getting a date.
Cll from Arch Magoon to see if I would function as Scout Committee Chariman.
party music
Wednesday, 18 July, 1962
Worked out 7 questions pertaining to data collection & processing to ask Raytheon, i.e., objectives, measurements (for telemetry, gnd & a/c), information desired, data rates, errors in R/V position, and in raw data & processed info.
WLZ called our party together again at 1 PM and told us our objectives were or are(?) to look into the 1) basic systems analyses, 2) development of the electronics, 3) adequacy of the ECM bird, and 4) what is the test schedule. These are much broader than our instructions of last Friday.
We spoke later together, and will make up a set of questions in each area. Worked up some on structures with AF.
Overcast
The article on “Is Engineering Obsolete?” in the current EE is most stimulating. It seems to me that the US must make its methods of raising the living standards (i.e., more food now) of the under-developed nations. This means initially the development of small and large scale irrigation works and application of agricultural engineering. Then industrialization can start on a broad scale.
Picked up 36 form spacers at Conner Wire & Steel, 290 2nd Avenue, Waltham, and put 10 into the retaining wall forms. It looks good after using another sheet of plywood.
Saturday, 14 July, 1962
Decided to hold Monday’s mtg. in L-308 since it is close to the classified documents.
Sticky – No rain
Changed oil in Ford, lubricated it & put in a new oil filter — an AC.
Picked up 2 lengths 4″ black fiber pipe, 2 wheelbarrow loads mortar sand, a sack of mortar cement, some miscellaneous lumber, and a sheet of 8′ x 4′ x 5/8″ plywood for the ramp retaining wall form. Cut the plywood, nailed on the backing strips, oiled it, and set it in place.
DCH on his first date with Maureen Wall to an Explorer Post party.
Tuesday, 03 July, 1962
Parked in a Concord Muni lot and rode the bus.
Lou Kraff is one of a party that is looking into the data processing operation again, so I showed him what I have, which isn’t much.
Started a letter to Howard Schuck.
Too tired to sleep last night.
Still no word from Met. Life & Co.; called their Harvard Sq. office, KI7-4209. They wrote to me yesterday, and will call this afternoon after wiring their New York office. They seem too large to take care of their customers. Miss Conniff called back at 1:40 PM to say that the premium of $28.08 is now payable to them at 8 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge.
Have a headache — 2 PM.
Parked in the Muni lot at Concord & rode bus to L2.
Herradura Añejo, eh?
well, well, well, well … this bottle takes eight months to empty, shared with numerous friends and strangers across Colorado. as an ice-breaker, Ogden Nash suggested: “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.” I think it was Steve Brezina who turned me on to Herradura Añejo way back in 1981 at a pool party at his folk’s house in Lakewood. (and not Gold, and definitely not Silver, only Añejo will do!). I refuse any other Tequila, except maybe in a margarita. Añejo is only for sipping like a fine Scottish whiskey … nurse it! the only better hard liquor I have run across was my former father-in-law Jón’s landi that was produced in his garage with good Icelandic potatoes and water. he’d make it to 96% alcohol and water it down for human consumption.
if you’ve had that reaction of swearing off Tequila after drinking too much of an inferior brand, resulting in a nasty cheap-tequila day-after, give this stuff a try. I’m no drinker, so I can stretch a bottle out, as happened with this one, for months with only the occasional pleasure of a smoky caramel-smooth night-cap, or in special celebration with others: it’s been said “you don’t get drunk, you get high” (because of the complex organics of the agave plant that it is made from). that and no hangover, or timburmann as the Icelanders say. good stuff, as far as fire-waters are concerned, might as well consume the best than all the rest!
Saturday, 16 June, 1962
Clear – Hot – 90˚
Took Willys over to Meccas & put in a new oil filter and new oil and lubricated it. There are two more fittings on the steering pins that need changing to the 90˚-type.
Went to SS picnic at Camp Araton on Rt. 27. It was quite pleasant.
Went to a party at the Cornwall’s given by the Explorers; it was quite good.
Fixed the front Lights, inc. the turn signals on the ’51 Willys — with DCH’s help.
Saturday, 12 May, 1962
Clear
Dug up four dogwood with Ben’s help — and a beech to take home. Left about 11 AM; made one stop at a used car lot near Poughkeepsie where I picked up a windshield wiper motor for the Ford.
Arrived home at 7:30 PM; Janet’s birthday party was going on, with her friends from her SS class.
Planted the 4 dogwood, but they look like they won’t make it.
group portrait, Amy’s birthday party
the venusians
The Labour Party:
mother courage:
festivals of parturition.
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Dr. George Vernon Keller 1927 – 2012
As I’m not on the regular alumni mailing lists and rarely going to the CSM alumni web site, I missed the passing of my main mentor from geophysics days—Dr. Keller was a big influence on my trajectory during my studies and, indeed, after I left the corporate sector. The first class I took with him was Geothermal Exploration, one that always included two weeks in either Iceland, Hawaii, or New Zealand. Our class opted for Hawaii. So, in March 1981 with our fearless leaders Drs. Keller and L. T. Grose, about 20 of us boarded a flight from Denver to LA and then on to Honolulu, followed by a short hop to Hilo, Hawaii, where we spent most of our time looking at the geology and a hot-rock portable 25 megawatt geothermal power station sitting on a fresh lava flow. I won’t go into the details of all the partying that went on when we weren’t in the field. I took the wheel of one of our vans and pretended to be a local, a ruse that worked well while I was driving, but my surfing wasn’t so great.
Robin and I stayed on the Big Island for an extra couple days with a rent-a-car after the rest of the group headed for some volcano hiking on Maui, we hung around the Kona coast and up around Hapuna. Then retreated to the Waikiki Hilton where I met Martin and stayed another two days there enjoying the pleasures of the amazing Waikiki Beach.
That following summer and school year I worked for Dr. Keller at Group Seven, Inc., doing a variety of jobs from field acquisition, data processing, and interpretation of TDEM for geothermal resources mostly in the Basin and Range province (in Nevada, California, and Arizona). I spent two weeks doing soil chemistry sampling around the Clear Lake in the Geysers region in Northern California.
Some day I’ll get some of the many photos posted from Hawaii and Group Seven.
Dr. George V. Keller received his Bachelor of Science (1949) and Master of Science (1952) degrees in Geophysics and his Doctorate (1954) in Geophysics and Mathematics from Pennsylvania State University. From 1945-46, he served in the U. S. Navy as a Seaman First Class. During his career he was employed by the U.S. Geological Survey (1952-1963) and by the Colorado School of Mines (1964 to 1993).
While with the USGS, Dr. Keller’s assignments included management of studies of geophysical aspects of nuclear weapons testing for tests carried out within the continental US; the impact of earth properties on Command and Control Communications (C3) systems; surveys of the Arctic Ocean during the International Geophysical Year from Drifting Station Bravo (T3); and participation in the early USGS planning team for Deep Sea Drilling (AMSOC).
At the Colorado School of Mines, Dr. Keller’s principal areas of interest were in development and applications of electrical geophysical methods to exploration for mineral and energy resources. He served as Head, Department of Geophysics, from 1974 to 1983. He retired from teaching May 1, 1993. He received a distinguished service award from the U.S. Department of Interior in 1959, was awarded the first Halliburton Award for outstanding professional achievement in 1979, served as a senior Fulbright scholar at Moscow University in 1979, was invited on a distinguished lecture tour by the Japan Association for Advancement of Education during the summer of 1986, and served as a Senior NATO Scholar at the University of Pisa in 1991. He has served as a consultant to many companies and government agencies involved in the earth sciences. Most important among the government assignments were as a member of President Johnson’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Mine Safety, as a member of President Carter’s energy Research Advisory Board, subcommittee on Geothermal Energy, and as a member of and chairman of the Committee Advisory to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory on the Hot Dry Rock (HDR) Project. In 1996, he was named a Centennial Fellow of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Keller formed Group Seven, Inc. in 1970 to provide electrical geophysical services to the energy industries. During the 1970s, Group Seven grew to a company with about 60 employees and carried out geophysical surveys for a large number of energy companies and government agencies, including Exxon, Chevron, Union Oil, Phillips Oil, Gulf Oil, the Governments of Indonesia and Nicaragua through the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Government of Kenya through the U.N. Development Program, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Department of Reclamation, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Department of energy. Group Seven was integrated into United Syscoe Mines (Canada) in 1981.
In the Fall of 2004, he joined a floating campus for the Semester-at-Sea program. He taught three earth science classes to students from throughout the U. S. as the ship sailed around the world.
Dr. Keller has published extensively, including more than 200 technical papers in his own name, more than 2000 pages of translations of technical articles which originally appeared in the Russian literature, and eight books and texts on the electrical methods of geophysical prospecting. He served as translation editor of the journal “Soviet Mining Science,” published by Plenum Press from its inception in 1965 until 1994. During that period, he was responsible for supervisory editing of some 15,000 pages of technical articles originally published in Russian.
Most important among Prof. Keller’s publications are seven books dealing with the electrical geophysical methods.
One of these books became a classic reference and is regularly cited to this day. The book, first published in 1966, was co-authored with his colleague and friend from the USGS, Frank Frischknecht, and was titled “Electrical Methods in Geophysical Prospecting.” Its popularity is emphasized by the fact that a second edition was published in 1982.
In 1994, Dr. Keller began research on the detection and identification of hand guns. This research led to the award of U.S. Patent 5552705 on September 3, 1996.
Dr. Keller’s last position was president and chief scientist at StrataSearch Corp.
George Vernon Keller was born in New Kensington PA on December 16, 1927 and passed away on April 17th 2012 in Evergreen CO. He married his childhood sweetheart Amber in 1945; she passed away in 1995. He married Liudvika in 1997. George is survived by his wife Liudvika, son George Stephen and his wife, Chong, grandson Justin, and daughter, Susan Diane.
BogoTrax: Berlin/Bogota
Tapping in to the network started by the bogotrax crew, neoscenes sends an ambient mix signal to the street party in Bogota via Berlin.
Since 2004 Bogotrax is a self-made mixture of social action, street-arts, and retro-avant-garde. To present it as a festival of electronic music and culture could be a first stop in the way to a more complex strategy of social and artistic experimentation. But it could also be an easy way to consume it as a more or less wild product of bored entertainers. If you haven’t make the choice, we’re on our way to help you!
Friday, 29 December, 1961
Called Mr. Yingling at Warick Rhode Island at 0825. He was out for the day, but his assistant, a Mr. McCue (?) took the msg. His phone is VAlley 1-2500 Warick, RI. He will call back today.
Clear 29.60″ Hg
Maybe the storm in by-passing us; no clouds in the AM.
Went over to Douglas Ins’t in East Boston after the radio; it had a few burned parts in the output section I wired in a shorting jack in the output so removal of the output plug will short the output transformer. Did some other errands, arriving home about 5:45 PM.
DCH to an Explorer tobogganing party at Mr. Driscoll’s.
Sunday, 17 December, 1961
Snow, overcast
A gray day.
DCH in bed.
Took the others to SS & church. Dr. Ockenga preached a good sermon on “The Birth of a King.”
Went over to VAN’s home in Weston for a party — it was quite pleasant — the usual cocktail party.
Started to read in the Great Books on wisdom. Plato’s “Dialogues” have portions on the kinds of wisdom. I should make notes on these readings.
There was a freezing rain in the afternoon, making it necessary to clean the windshield twice on the way to the Nedzel’s house.
Friday, 15 December, 1961
Had a discussion with the Travel Office Supervisor regarding the problem of payment for air travel insurance: he pointed out that MIT has a blanket policy on all travelers — by whatever means — of $50,000. This is in addition to the group insurance double indemnity for a total of $90,000 available from MIT sources; this has a vital bearing on the total amount of additional life insurance I should take out.
Sat in a disc. with JW, RD, & JLV re: what to do next. It turned into a disc. of organizational structure & where we fit in.
Had prior disc. with Bob Davis relative to what we should do; my opinion is in my trip notes as an item under “Afterthoughts” where I point out that what is needed is a systems operation and training test procedure that is carried out perhaps twice a day.
At JLV’s request, started to look at the ‘pounds” of data he brought from Patrick AFB.
Windy, cold
LCH has sore throat.
Took JAH to a party of her SS class that started at church at 7:35 PM. I attended prayer mtg.
DCH still in bed with a cold that is quite sticky.
Friday, 01 December, 1961
Started to make a block diagram of the flow of data to indicate WH position as a function of time. Made an overlay to show recording points. We had an afternoon discussion to bring both up to date.
We are scheduled to go to Canaveral on Monday, returning Thursday.
Jim Uskavitch is a member of the party.
Bill Holst advised by Hutchinson at BTL that they would rather not talk to him.
Clear +15°F
Picked up the rear drum & 2 oil seals at Lincoln; also brake linings and spring end bushings at AMS.
finance sector
52 Finance and Insurance
521 Monetary Authorities – Central Bank
5211 Monetary Authorities – Central Bank
52111 Monetary Authorities – Central Bank
521110 Monetary Authorities – Central Bank
522 Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
5221 Depository Credit Intermediation
52211 Commercial Banking
522110 Commercial Banking
52212 Savings Institutions
522120 Savings Institutions
52213 Credit Unions
522130 Credit Unions
52219 Other Depository Credit Intermediation
522190 Other Depository Credit Intermediation
5222 Nondepository Credit Intermediation
52221 Credit Card Issuing
522210 Credit Card Issuing
52222 Sales Financing
522220 Sales Financing
52229 Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation
522291 Consumer Lending
522292 Real Estate Credit
522293 International Trade Financing
522294 Secondary Market Financing
522298 All Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation
5223 Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
52231 Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
522310 Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
52232 Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities
522320 Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities
52239 Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
522390 Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
523 Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
5231 Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage
52311 Investment Banking and Securities Dealing
523110 Investment Banking and Securities Dealing
52312 Securities Brokerage
523120 Securities Brokerage
52313 Commodity Contracts Dealing
523130 Commodity Contracts Dealing
52314 Commodity Contracts Brokerage
523140 Commodity Contracts Brokerage
5232 Securities and Commodity Exchanges
52321 Securities and Commodity Exchanges
523210 Securities and Commodity Exchanges
5239 Other Financial Investment Activities
52391 Miscellaneous Intermediation
523910 Miscellaneous Intermediation
52392 Portfolio Management
523920 Portfolio Management
52393 Investment Advice
523930 Investment Advice
52399 All Other Financial Investment Activities
523991 Trust, Fiduciary, and Custody Activities
523999 Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities
524 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
5241 Insurance Carriers
52411 Direct Life, Health, and Medical Insurance Carriers
524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers
524114 Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers
52412 Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers
524126 Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers
524127 Direct Title Insurance Carriers
524128 Other Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers
52413 Reinsurance Carriers
524130 Reinsurance Carriers
5242 Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities
52421 Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
524210 Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
52429 Other Insurance Related Activities
524291 Claims Adjusting
524292 Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds
524298 All Other Insurance Related Activities
525 Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
5251 Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds
52511 Pension Funds
525110 Pension Funds
52512 Health and Welfare Funds
525120 Health and Welfare Funds
52519 Other Insurance Funds
525190 Other Insurance Funds
5259 Other Investment Pools and Funds
52591 Open-End Investment Funds
525910 Open-End Investment Funds
52592 Trusts, Estates, and Agency Accounts
525920 Trusts, Estates, and Agency Accounts
52593 Real Estate Investment Trusts
525930 Real Estate Investment Trusts
52599 Other Financial Vehicles
525990 Other Financial Vehicles
Sunday, 12 November, 1961
Clear, cool
Took children to SS & church. HJO’s sermon was about his 25 years at Park Street; he pointed to the better things about Boston as well as its evident seamier side; the progress of the church measuring all things by what the Word of God says.
We had a birthday party for Susan Yuknis — having the Vetterleins over also. It was very pleasant.
LCH with JCH stayed in Somerville overnight.
Friday, 10 November, 1961
Clear, cold
We celebrated John MacKenzie’s 90th birthday with a dinner party at our house. Al, Edith Mary, and May were here, and we had a most pleasant time. John is in good health and fine spirits.