I met him when he was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame in 1978, and got his autograph on the program. Really a nice man - very self-effacing and g

I met him when he was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame in 1978, and got his autograph on the program. Really a nice man - very self-effacing and gracious. The Berkeley memoriam talks about his work with masers and lasers, but also mentions his contributions to the beginnings of infrared astronomy, and the evidence for a black hole being in the center of our galaxy. He really had wide-ranging interests and talents.