from the Seattle Times obit: "When he handed in his piece, she told him: “You sure can’t spell. You’re going to be an engineer.”" "...Bateman’s attitude was a

from the Seattle Times obit: "When he handed in his piece, she told him: “You sure can’t spell. You’re going to be an engineer.”" "...Bateman’s attitude was always to get some new technology up and running, even if it was only 60% of the solution. “His approach was, let’s get it done and fill in the other 40% as we gain experience over time,” Ishihara said." Obit mentions he ran in long distance races. A search of athlinks.com for "Donald Bateman" born in 1932 shows mostly races around the turn of the 21st century with one result from a 1982 Mercer Island half marathon in 1:37:11. see https://www.athlinks.com/search/unclaimed?category=unclaimed&filters=%7B%22birthDateFilter%22%3A%7B%22enabled%22%3Atrue%2C%22value%22%3A%221932%22%7D%2C%22locationFilter%22%3A%7B%22enabled%22%3Afalse%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%7D&term=Donald%20Bateman https://www.athlinks.com/search/unclaimed?category=unclaimed...