I remember that. I don't remember the actor either, but UIUC held all maner of event to celebrate HAL's birth (the movies put his birth as 1992, but it's 1997

I remember that. I don't remember the actor either, but UIUC held all maner of event to celebrate HAL's birth (the movies put his birth as 1992, but it's 1997 in the books). In an interesting twist of fate, my office is in the coordinated science lab (CSL), where HAL was built.