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| DATE | 2025-12-26 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] I am increasingly talking to dead people..
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BTW - he was born in China
On 12/26/25 11:02 AM, Ruben Safir wrote:
> https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/william-hummel-obituary?id=7961921
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> William Frederick Hummel
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> 1922 - 2020
> BORN
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> 1922
> DIED
>
> 2020
> About
> Los Angeles High School
> Columbia University
> Harvard University
> University of California| Berkeley
> University of Southern California
> William Hummel Obituary
> December 26, 1922 - July 18, 2020 William Frederick Hummel died
> peacefully on July 18, 2020 after 97 years, six months, and 22 days of
> life. He was born in 1922 in Nanjing, China to American missionary
> parents, along with all of his siblings and cousins. The family returned
> to the United States in 1927 and settled permanently in Los Angeles.
> William attended Los Angeles High School, commuting from the family home
> in eastern Hollywood aboard the Red Car. He attended UC Berkeley,
> majoring initially in Astronomy, and later in Physics. His studies were
> interrupted by his service in the US Navy during World War II. The Navy
> sent him to midshipman school at Columbia University in New York City,
> and then to advanced training in the newly emerging field of microwave
> technology at Harvard University and MIT in Boston. (UC Berkeley later
> awarded him his bachelor's degree based on these credits). He served as
> a radar officer aboard the cruiser Boston in the Pacific Theater,
> traveling throughout Japan during the first year of the postwar
> occupation. After separating from the Navy, he returned to California
> and soon met his future wife, Laurel Elizabeth Jones. They married on
> July 20, 1947. Their first child, Gregory Evan Hummel, was born in 1950,
> and died at the age of 17 months due to a congenital heart defect. Their
> surviving children are Gwendolyn Elise Hummel (born 1953) and Martin
> Edward Hummel (born 1954). William embarked on a long and distinguished
> career in the aerospace industry, which was then rapidly growing in
> Southern California. He simultaneously pursued graduate studies in
> Electrical Engineering at USC, earning his MSEE in 1957. He worked at
> the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years, retiring as Chief Scientist in
> the Control Systems Laboratory. One accomplishment in which he took
> great pride was designing the control system of the Surveyor series of
> unmanned spacecraft, which successfully soft-landed on the Moon, proving
> the feasibility and paving the way for the astronauts of the Apollo
> program. In connection with his work, he also returned to China, and
> lived in Munich, Germany during an extended assignment to partner with
> an aerospace company there. He and Laurel enjoyed traveling extensively
> throughout Europe, Hawaii, and the Caribbean. His many other interests
> included gardening, candid photography, personal computers, and dogs. He
> was an ardent lover of classical music and made sure his children were
> initiated into a love of music. After he retired from Hughes, he bought
> a van and traveled extensively along the back roads of California,
> accompanied by his beloved Laboratory retriever, Danny Boy. In later
> years, he pursued his deep interest in economics and monetary systems,
> developing an acclaimed website and publishing the book "Money - What It
> Is and How It Works." He also founded an online Google discussion forum
> called "Understanding Money," which still continues. After his beloved
> wife Laurel died in 2005, in her memory he endowed the Laurel Hummel
> scholarships for International Students at UCLA Extension. He will be
> mourned and greatly missed by all who knew him.
>
> To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
> Published by Los Angeles Times from Jul. 24 to Jul. 26, 2020.
>
>
>
> ***WHY IS HE IMPORTANT**** see this
>
> https://wfhummel.net/index.html
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