18 Jul
2016
18 Jul
'16
4:42 p.m.
I heard that Bob Morris was asked for his initials, he said “rm”, they insisted on a
middle initial,
which he didn’t have, so he supplied “h”, hence “rhm”.
This looks right: wikipedia does not mention a middle name, and Fred Grampp used to tell
stories such as:
They asked me for a social security number.
I told them I dont’ give that out.
They said, “Sir, I need a number.”
He replied, “Okay, 123456789.”
“No, sir, that number is no good…”
It’s definitely something Bob would do, but I can’t imagine that 1127 would have some
rules about
this.
As for me, I had been known for 20 years as “BC.” When I got to the labs, Barbara
Chambers
had beaten me to letters, hence “ches”.