Thursday, May 1, 2008

Dead Page-- Manhattan Project/Black Hole-- Last of "Nine Old Men"

JOHN A. WHEELER, 96

Died April 12th. Worked with Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. He was born 1911, and, at 21, earned a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.

He was a part of the Manhattan Project which designed the atom bomb. Unlike other scientists, he regretted that the bomb had not been completed earlier to hasten the end of the war. His brother was killed in European combat in 1944.

He also coined the term "Black Hole" in 1967.


OLLIE JOHNSTON, 95

Last of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men" who animated movies such as Pinnochio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi and other Disney classics.

The group got their name from FDR's name for the justices of the Supreme Court.

Mr. Johnston was hired for $17 a week when Disney expanded his studio to do full-length feature films. He also worked on Cinderella, Peter Pan, and The Lady and the Tramp.

Born October 31, 1912.

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