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Re: Biography of Philip Van Horn Weems
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2010 Dec 20, 19:32 -0800
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2010 Dec 20, 19:32 -0800
Patrick Goold, you wrote:
" During the 1975-76 school year, I took a part time job caring for Randall House and doing errands for the Weems. "
Hey, that's wonderful! Weems was a big deal in the history of navigation in the 20th century. I think the significance of his contributions were less obvious at the time, though well enough known on paper, simply because the people involved were too close to the changes that were taking place.
-FER
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