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| 3504.1 | | HANNAH::FINGERHUT | | Thu Nov 10 1994 17:18 | 4 |
| Unfortunately, I heard that he died yesterday. It should be in
tomorrow's paper.
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| 3504.2 | this is mail our secretary forwarded yesterday | HANNAH::FINGERHUT | | Thu Nov 10 1994 17:20 | 20 |
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Dick Best died this morning November 9 7:35am at Lahey clinic.
He had been in the hospital for about a week.
Tentatively there will be a memorial service
November 14 at 11:00 am at the :
First Parsih Church
Rte's 20 + 126
Wayland
(across from the police station)
Please look for confirmed notice in the Boston Globe.
There will be no wake, at Dicks' request.
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| 3504.3 | Unbelievable!!! | RICKS::PHIPPS | DTN 225.4959 | Thu Nov 10 1994 17:40 | 7 |
| He must have died after my daughter Jennifer talked to his wife yesterday.
Jenn called me at work today to tell me it was all right to put the address
in notes or in some way let people know he was ill.
A piece of Digital history has passed.
mikeP
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| 3504.4 | Information from the Chief Engineer's Office | JOKUR::BOICE | When in doubt, do it. | Thu Nov 10 1994 18:07 | 16 |
| Dick Best, badge number 20 and Chief Engineer at Digital from 1959 until
his retirement in 1992, passed away on November 9th. There will be a
memorial service for Dick on Monday, November 14th, at 11:00 A.M. at the
First Parish Church, 225 Boston Post Rd. (at the intersection of Routes
20 and 27 in Wayland, MA.
Cards may be sent to: Mrs. Richard Best and Family
73 Sears Road
Wayland, MA. 01778.
Donations may be made in Dick's memory to the
Muscular Dystrophy Assoc.
33 Lyman St.
Suite 304B
Westboro, MA. 01581
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| 3504.5 | | MCCOVY::BALSAMO | | Thu Nov 10 1994 18:30 | 22 |
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re: 3504.0 <RICKS::PHIPPS>
Dick Best, badge number 20 and Chief Engineer at Digital from 1959 until
his retirement in 1992, passed away on November 9th. There will be a
memorial service for Dick on Monday, November 14th, at 11:00 A.M. at the
First Parish Church, 225 Boston Post Rd. (at the intersection of Routes
20 and 27 in Wayland, MA.
Cards may be sent to: Mrs. Richard Best and Family
73 Sears Road
Wayland, MA. 01778.
Donations may be made in Dick's memory to the
Muscular Dystrophy Assoc.
33 Lyman St.
Suite 304B
Westboro, MA. 01581
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| 3504.6 | 1961 article about Dick | JOKUR::WILLIAMS | Eric Williams | Fri Nov 11 1994 12:55 | 22 |
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From DIGITAL NEWS - April 1961
DICK BEST HEADS DIGITAL ENGINEERING
Digital's chief engineer, Richard L. Best, is the logical designer's logic
designer. His extensive experience in the design field and his encyclopedic
knowledge of solid-state circuit theory are reflected both in his leadership
of Digital's product development staff and in the assistance he gives
Digital customers with particularly knotty applications problems. Dick
came to Digital two years ago from M.I.T. Lincoln Lab, where since 1947 he
had played a key role in developing and supervising the design of circuits
for the Whirlwind I and SAGE air defense computers and the Lincoln memory
systems. Previous to that he had been at the M.I.T. Radiation Lab and
G.E.'s West Lynn Works. Dick received his B.E.E. at Cornell and his M.S.
in E.E. ant M.I.T.
(Thanks to Bob Reed for finding this article)
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