Lindquist and I had become first acquainted in 1956 when I was hired for a part-time engineering position by the MRC Chief Engineer, Robert A. Edberg. I was enrolled at SUI pursing my BSEE degree, and graduated on February 2, 1957, continuing my part-time position at MRC virtually up to graduation day. The 1959 job offer of $9,000 starting salary was magnificent in those days, so I readily accepted the opportunity to re-join MRC as employee No. 007, after having spent the two intervening years as a Field Engineer in Albuquerque, NM, working on instrumentation for atomic and nuclear bombs during the Cold War