THE PROGRAM DEPICTS DON EXPLAINING SOMETHING TO A YOUNG STUDENT. THE PHOTOGRAPH, WAS TAKEN AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, IN LOUIS. DEPICTING DON'S DEVOTION TO TEACHING MATH, PHYSICS, ENGINEERING, AND SCIENCE.

YET HE HAD MANY CONTRADICTIONS AS WELL.

A MAN OF MANY HABITS, HE WANTED THE FRONT ROW SEAT WHERE EVER WE WENT. WETHER AT THE WOODWORKERS GUILD PROGRAM of "SHOW AND TELL", OR AT JOE'S, THE SCIENCE CENTER, OR HERE FOR SATURDAY MORNING LECTURES. THOUGH HE DID HIS SHOPPING AT SUPER MARKETS; HIS LOVE OF "THE HILL" IN OLD CITY, ST. LOUIS, FORTIFIED HIM. HE WAS GENEROUS TO A FAULT. REMEMBERING THE NAMES OF MANY WORKING PEOPLE AND OFFERING HIS HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLES. YET, HE WANTED TO YELL, "GET A JOB," TO HOME LESS PEOPLE. HE WAS A SHY MAN TO MYFAMILY, YET ENJOYED THEIR COMPANY WHEN THEY VISITED.

HE INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE EARTH AND THE MOON. HE WORKED HARD TO BRING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIGNIFICENCE AND PLEASURE OF BUILDING SUN DIALS AND LOCATED MANY OF THEM IN CEMENTARIES AND IN SCHOOL YARDS. DON INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THIS COUNTRY AND SOMETIMES AROUND THE WORLD.

I SAW A GREAT DEAL OF MISSOURI'S NATURAL BEAUTY AND
MEET SO MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE DON HAD SHARED MUCH OF

IT AND THEM WITH ME. HE DELIGHTED IN SO MUCH OF LIFE

AS DID I WITH HIM.

SUNDAY MORNINGS WE WOULD ENJOY BREAKFAST AT CHRIS'

DINNER WHERE PEOPLE WAITED IN LINE WITH CHILDREN. WHEN

WE CAME IN, DON PULLED OUT A HAND FULL OF COINS. HE GAVE

THE CHILDREN COINS TO DROP INTO A POT. THE CHILDREN

WATCHED THE COINS SPIN AROUND AND DROP OUT OF SIGHT. DON

WATCHED THE CHILDREN TURN TO HIM. THEN HE SAID, "WHERE DO YOU THINK

THOSE COINS WENT?" AT THAT POINT, I UNDERSTOOD. WE WERE ABOUT

TO LEARN ABOUT GRAVITY. DON WAS PLEASED. AFTER THAT WE WALKED

AND HAD A LOVELY AFTERNOON