Friday, December 24, 2021
I did not know Bill well, but I held him in kind of awe. My mom would often speak of how brilliant he was. I remember Bill coming out to our house one night (must have been in the late 70s) and setting up his telescope in our driveway so our family could see some astral event that was occurring overhead. I also remember in 1985 a letter of his to an astronomy magazine was published. I read the letter and couldn't grasp any of it. Not long after that I had the chance to visit with Bill at my grandpa's funeral. I brought the letter up and he discussed it further and it was still all greek to me, but I loved the chance it gave me to listen to a smart man talk about his passion.
