		NEWSLETTER AFIT RETIRED FACULTY - FALL 2004 OCTOBER LUNCHEON The October luncheon will be Sat, October 16 at the Tuscany Grille in Bellbrook (129 W Franklin – 848 2226). Same place as last time, except that we don’t expect a city parade-again. Access should be no problem. It is on State route 725 just past the Little Sugar Creek bridge on the western side of downtown Bellbrook. Order from the menu. To make your reservation please call by Wednesday, October 13: Wally Breuer 434-3691 Harold Kepler 433-6344 Pete Torvik 374-0521 Jim Bridgman 233-4583 AFIT UPDATE The Commandant has pinned on his star. It is now B.Gen. David Eidsaune. It’s been a while since we have had a flag officer as Commandant. The Vice Commandant is a Navy 0-6, CAPT. Kenneth L. Ginader USN. This is a consequence of our new close cooperation with the Naval Post Graduate School, with some programs (Aero for one) offered only at AFIT and others (Meterology for example) offered only at NPS. The halls of AFIT are awash with Naval Officers. The very recent September graduation included the first class of I.D.E officers (Air Command and Staff School to old timers). These officers received intermediate service school in-residence credit by completing the MS degree from AFIT in various engineering disciplines. The program is 12 months without a thesis. These IDE officers co-exist with and take many classes with students in our traditional 18 month MS program with an MS thesis. The Graduate School of Engineering and Management is settling into building 641 with overflow to various other buildings in the complex while building 640 continues to be renovated. I would anticipate an open house when building 640 is complete (2005?). In the meantime the faculty are getting used to cubicles and tiny offices as well as classroom with limited blackboards (almost universally white boards-- and even they are sparse). The flip side is that each classroom has a permanent laptop with a projector attached. The result is the use of more and more Power Point Lectures brought to class on a CD ROM. Through it all, faculty morale is high. The decision to remain as a single graduate school (of Engineering and Management) has been made (at least for now). As a result the new Office of Provost is on hold. But discussions continue. AFIT Foundation and Association of Graduates continues to be proactive in advancing the cause of AFIT in DoD and legislative arenas. Currently four retired AFIT faculty are members of the Foundation Board. Given the accomplishments of the Foundation, it deserves our support. The $30.00 per year dues enables the Foundation to function. No officers or Board members are paid. If you haven’t done so already, sign up on the Web at www.AFIT-AOG.org To be named as Distinguished Alumni of AFIT at an O-Club banquet on 29 Oct are Maj. Gen. Robert Rankine (USAF Ret), an AFIT MS grad and former member of the EE faculty, and Edward (Tom) Curran, a PhD graduate of the Aero and Astro Dept. For ticket info, contact Ruth Ann Koogler 255-9624 . BASE ACCESS It is increasingly difficult to get on to WPAFB. If you want to use any base facilities, (base clubs, library, attend on-base AFIT functions, etc.) you need an I.D. card. Those without appropriate I.D. must be met and escorted. Those of you who are retired military have the necessary I.D. Those of you who are civilian retirees may find it worth while to get an I.D. card. The issue of I.D. cards to retired civilians is a base-by-base option. The commander of WPAFB has currently authorized it. You can get the I.D. without escort. Go first to the civilian personnel office with some proof of retired status. They will then send you to the badge office with authorization for the card. If you don’t know where to go, start at the visitor center outside of the Main Gate off highway 444 (Hq. AFMC building). Speaking of base clubs the old Officers Club is now the "Wright-Patterson" Club open to all ranks. It’s still in the same location. This has been a USAF wide trend with WPAFB one of the last bases to follow suit. MEMORIAL PLAQUE FUND STATUS Balance as of 9/01/03 -------------$874.89 Interest earned------------ ------------- 4.42 Social Courtesy Fund repayment- 100.00 Donations honor of W. Ericksen -320.00 Payment for Ericksen Plaque--- (-400.00) Balance as of 9/30/04-------------$899.31 Since the initiation of this fund it has been maintained by Wally Breuer in a Merrill Lynch account under his name At the sug-gestion of Jim Hitchcock at our April 04 Luncheon the executive group is proposing to place this money in a separate AFIT FOUNDATION account with conditions as follows.: a, The money can only be spent to pay for Memorial Plaques for deceased faculty members of the AFIT Graduate School(s). b, The nomination for and approval of plaque recipients remains as in the original policy of 1991. c. The financial support for this fund will continue as described in the original policy. To accomplish this move with these conditions some additions and revisions had to be made to the Policy before submitting it to the AFIT FOUNDATION, which we expect to happen on October 28,2004. Copies of the proposed revised policy will be available at our Luncheon on 16 October, for any retired faculty wishing to review. This will be your opportunity to comment and make suggestions. NEWS FROM FACULTY Wally and Ethelene Breuer: It is great to have the college football season again. The first game was against U. of C., who nearly beat OSU the last time, so Calico, a UC alumnus, had high hopes, but to no avail. Next came Marshall, and they made we OSU fans bite our nails, but we won in the last 2 seconds of regular time when Nugent of Centerville kicked a 52-yard field goal. Then came N. C. State, an away game, and even though OSU was ranked 9th in the polls and N. C. State was unranked, the gamblers picked N. C. State to win, no respect!! It turned out to be OSU's easiest game but Nugent of Centerville had to kick 5 field goals. Now Pete Torvik, a Minnesota alum, is telling me that OSU is afraid to play Minnesota, since this is a year they don't play each other, HA, HA. My sympathy to Wolaver, since his team, Michigan, lost to Notre Dame (those wet spots on the page are crocodile tears). What fun, what fun, GO BUCKS!! Ethelene and I request that you don't call us when a Buckeye football game is on TV. However, if OSU loses and you are a fan of the winner, feel free to call and offer condolences after the game. (Ed. Note: above submitted before OSU embarrassment by Northwestern and glorious victories by Michigan and Minn.) Jim and Lucy Bridgman: Jim continues to be very active as an AFIT Emeritus - taught two courses this year, chaired two MS thesis and a Ph.D. dissertation and accompanied the MS students on their annual field trip to the nuclear laboratories in Albuquerque. (He serves as the "local color" man on the trip - (sort of the John Madden of the activity). Lucy is busy with the Dayton Knitting Guild and a Wives’ Club Investment Group. (Jim says he’s still not rich, but he is attractively adorned with sweaters and the like.) Joe and Jackie Cain: Jackie reports that Joe had a stroke last Thursday He is very weak and having some trouble with speech. He is very fortunate that he has no paralysis. Before the stroke he was enjoying playing with his grandson and traveling to Estes Park this summer to enjoy the mountains. {Editor’s note: If anyone wants to send a card it is 131 Buena Vista, Royse City TX 75189 or jpcain@airmail.net} Annett Crouch: Jack still recognizes her and their children and enjoys watching the grandchildren, but Alzheimer’s effects continue to increase. Annett continues to play 9 holes of golf a week and recently shot a 43, congratulations. Ernie and Betty Dorko: We have moved to a different home, still in the Albuquerque area, about 4 miles north and east of our previous home. We are just outside the city now and for those of you familiar with Albuquerque, we are just off Tramway and San Rafael. Our new address is: 2182 Cattail Willow Ave. NE Albuquerque, NM 87122. We are very near the mountain and have a great view of it from our back patio. We did downsize a bit going from about 2200 sq. ft. to 1700 sq. ft. and so had to decide what we had to eliminate. Many of my technical books were donated to our local library although I did keep about two shelves full. We are really enjoying our new home so that made the hassle of buying, selling, and moving bearable. I am still teaching at our local community college--TVI. This semester I am teaching general chemistry to the chem and engr majors.I had about 48 students. However I am giving my first test this Thursday and so expect about 1/3 of the class to drop. I do wonder who is going to run our country in a few years although I try not to think about it too much as it is scary! But I do enjoy teaching and so will keep doing it on a part time basis of course. My other news is that on Oct 7 Betty and I travel to Detroit, MI for the 50th reunion of my high school class! Time flies! It will be fun to see many that I have not seen in some cases for the 25 years since the last reunion. If any of you are in the neighborhood, please give us a call. The number is the old one--505-828-0542 Helen Downing is living in an apartment at St. Leonards, she says that her health has recently improved and she is now participating in St. L. exercise program. What brought this about?? A handsome 90 year-old man invited and urged Helen to participate!! Clarence Edstrom: Poor eyesight keeps him house-bound, but he is happy that he can continue to live independently. He prepares his own meals, listens to the radio, and the library keeps him well supplied with books on tape. He depends on his daughter and friends for necessary transportation. He would like to attend one of our luncheons after bldg 640 is back in operation. Bill and Carolyn Elrod: Carolyn has had a knee replacement and is getting along fine, with the help of physical therapy. Bill is keeping busy coordinating a construction job at their church, and helping to conduct annual Tech Fests to interest students (4^th through 12^th grades) in engineering or other technical careers. Ann Ericksen: Ann is getting along fine doing her own cooking and housekeeping, and still driving her car! Dick and Dot Hagee: Enjoying retirement and still doing a lot of traveling. Dino and Mary Houpis are about to leave for their Florida home. Dino has finished the second edition of Quantitative Feedback Theory. He is also involved in directing a NATO lecture series in Stockholm. Norma Keister: Norma is still residing at Bethany Lutheran and seems to be getting along pretty well. Kep and Mary Ann Kepler have recently moved from the house that they occupied for 51 years to a retirement cottage at St. Leonards. Their new address is 8301 St. Francis Ct., Centerville OH 45458. Bill and Barbara Lehman: We are back in Port Aransas TX on the Gulf where we miss all the Florida hurricanes. We got out on our porch in Colorado and B_L_E_W hard to the East to keep them in Florida. Chaos Theory works! Ginny Liedheiser: Paul was in the hospital for three weeks (cancer) and is now in a rehab center where we hope that he can regain the use of his legs. Guy Risley reports that the tidal surge brought water over his seawall, but remained 30 inches below level of the first floor of his new house on Tampa Bay. He, Betty, and family are doing well. Peter and Pat Torvik did the Alaska cruise with Bob and Karen Calico in late August. Great scenery, wildlife -- and food. Pete out-gained Bob 8 to 5. Pat and Karen are not talking about it. Peter was invited to deliver the general lecture at the 9^th National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference last March. Pat is busy with Master Gardners, lots of church work, and 2 investment clubs. Lynn and Arah-Dean Wolaver: We leave early 15 October to fly to Montreal to cruise the St. Lawrence and end up in Norfolk, VI, returning 30 October. We work the polls on 2 Nov, recover on the 3rd and return to the real world on 4 Nov. So we won't be at the AFIT retirees lunch. Our 15 year-old grand- daughter is on the Beavercreek Freshman volleyball team this year. I told her I used to play volleyball with the AFIT team. I played the position of Dean. Thank goodness she is much better than I was or am. Watching volleyball or basketball is much more fun when you have a granddaughter playing on the team. I am still on some eight Boards and still trying to help the Fairborn City and Schools pass impossible levies. So far it looks to be a long college football season but don't tell Wally I said that. Harold and Ruth Wright survived the Florida hurricanes. Charlie was the worst, as they eye passed within 15 miles. They live in a gated community of 350 homes. There was no damage to their unit, but Charlie blew a streetlight off a post and took down 150 of the 700 trees in the complex. The other three hurricanes just gave them some wind and rain. Harold’s health has him up and down, but mostly up. They will be visiting Ohio in late October for an event at their old church (Shiloh) and expect to be at the Oct 29 Alumni awards banquet. Cecil Bailey: With publication of the essay, Hamilton and the Law of Varying Action Revisited, September 2004, Professor Bailey has successfully completed a 30 year Odyssey. Hamilton's Law of Varying Action is not a valid equation for non-conservative systems. Hamilton's Principle, as Hamilton wrote it with end point terms, is a valid equation but only for "potential" systems. Lagrange is also revisited. By differentiating the correct total work/energy, six separate equations are obtained, three for the minimum energy, conservative systems of Lagrange's Principle of Least Action, and three for the general work/energy systems as found by Dr. B. E. Gatewood in 1972 and demonstrated by Bailey in 1975. Lagrange and Hamilton were great mathematicians. They were not infallible! Leno and Jean Pedrotti count 12 grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren---and we are currently in a HOLDING pattern!! We are also in a "family effort" to generate the third edition of Introduction to Optics. My brother Frank and I published the first edition in 1987, the second edition in 1993, and so now its past time for the third edition. Since Frank and I have been away from the classroom and the forefront of optics for some 15 years-- at least--we decided that it was time for the next generation to pitch in. So my son, Leno Matthew, at University of .Dayton., with a PhD and teaching background in quantum optics, classroom savvy, etc. volunteered to step in and assist the two septuagenarians. Lots of work ahead, but if all goes according to schedule, the 3rd edition should be coming out in early 2006. (You can tell Dino and Jack that I look with keen admiration on their success with their landmark textbook and the many editions they have produced.) Material for this edition of the newsletter was collected by Jim Bridgman. REMINDER: Please make your reservations for the Oct 16 luncheon by calling Bridgman, Breuer, Kepler or Torvik by Wednesday, October 13.

AFIT RETIRED FACULTY - FALL 2004

OCTOBER LUNCHEON

The October luncheon will be Sat, October 16 at the Tuscany Grille in Bellbrook (129 W Franklin – 848 2226). Same place as last time, except that we don’t expect a city parade-again. Access should be no problem. It is on State route 725 just past the Little Sugar Creek bridge on the western side of downtown Bellbrook. Order from the menu.

To make your reservation please call by Wednesday, October 13:

Wally Breuer 434-3691

Harold Kepler 433-6344

Pete Torvik 374-0521

Jim Bridgman 233-4583

AFIT UPDATE

The Commandant has pinned on his star. It is now B.Gen. David Eidsaune. It’s been a while since we have had a flag officer as Commandant.

The Vice Commandant is a Navy 0-6, CAPT. Kenneth L. Ginader USN. This is a consequence of our new close cooperation with the Naval Post Graduate School, with some programs (Aero for one) offered only at AFIT and others (Meterology for example) offered only at NPS. The halls of AFIT are awash with Naval Officers.

The very recent September graduation included the first class of I.D.E officers (Air Command and Staff School to old timers). These officers received intermediate service school in-residence credit by completing the MS degree from AFIT in various engineering disciplines. The program is 12 months without a thesis. These IDE officers co-exist with and take many classes with students in our traditional 18 month MS program with an MS thesis.

The Graduate School of Engineering and Management is settling into building 641 with overflow to various other buildings in the complex while building 640 continues to be renovated. I would anticipate an open house when building 640 is complete (2005?). In the meantime the faculty are getting used to cubicles and tiny offices as well as classroom with limited blackboards (almost universally white boards-- and even they are sparse). The flip side is that each classroom has a permanent laptop with a projector attached. The result is the use of more and more Power Point Lectures brought to class on a CD ROM. Through it all, faculty morale is high.

The decision to remain as a single graduate school (of Engineering and Management) has been made (at least for now). As a result the new Office of Provost is on hold. But discussions continue.

AFIT Foundation and Association of Graduates continues to be proactive in advancing the cause of AFIT in DoD and legislative arenas. Currently four retired AFIT faculty are members of the Foundation Board. Given the accomplishments of the Foundation, it deserves our support. The $30.00 per year dues enables the Foundation to function. No officers or Board members are paid. If you haven’t done so already, sign up on the Web at www.AFIT-AOG.org

To be named as Distinguished Alumni of AFIT at an O-Club banquet on 29 Oct are Maj. Gen. Robert Rankine (USAF Ret), an AFIT MS grad and former member of the EE faculty, and Edward (Tom) Curran, a PhD graduate of the Aero and Astro Dept. For ticket info, contact Ruth Ann Koogler 255-9624 .

BASE ACCESS

It is increasingly difficult to get on to WPAFB. If you want to use any base facilities, (base clubs, library, attend on-base AFIT functions, etc.) you need an I.D. card.

Those without appropriate I.D. must be met and escorted. Those of you who are retired military have the necessary I.D. Those of you who are civilian retirees may find it worth while to get an I.D. card. The issue of I.D. cards to retired civilians is a base-by-base option. The commander of WPAFB has currently authorized it. You can get the I.D. without escort. Go first to the civilian personnel office with some proof of retired status. They will then send you to the badge office with authorization for the card. If you don’t know where to go, start at the visitor center outside of the Main Gate off highway 444 (Hq. AFMC building).

Speaking of base clubs the old Officers Club is now the "Wright-Patterson" Club open to all ranks. It’s still in the same location. This has been a USAF wide trend with WPAFB one of the last bases to follow suit.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE FUND STATUS

Balance as of 9/01/03 -------------$874.89

Interest earned------------ ------------- 4.42

Social Courtesy Fund repayment- 100.00

Donations honor of W. Ericksen -320.00

Payment for Ericksen Plaque--- (-400.00)

Balance as of 9/30/04-------------$899.31

Since the initiation of this fund it has been maintained by Wally Breuer in a Merrill Lynch account under his name At the sug-gestion of Jim Hitchcock at our April 04 Luncheon the executive group is proposing to place this money in a separate AFIT FOUNDATION account with conditions as follows.:

a, The money can only be spent to pay for Memorial Plaques for deceased faculty members of the AFIT Graduate School(s).

b, The nomination for and approval of plaque recipients remains as

in the original policy of 1991.

c. The financial support for this fund will continue as described in the original policy.

To accomplish this move with these conditions some additions and revisions had to be made to the Policy before submitting it to the AFIT FOUNDATION, which we expect to happen on October 28,2004. Copies of the proposed revised policy will be available at our Luncheon on 16 October, for any retired faculty wishing to review. This will be your opportunity to comment and make suggestions.

NEWS FROM FACULTY

Wally and Ethelene Breuer: It is great to have the college football season again. The first game was against U. of C., who nearly beat OSU the last time, so Calico, a UC alumnus, had high hopes, but to no avail. Next came Marshall, and they made we OSU fans bite our nails, but we won in the last 2 seconds of regular time when Nugent of Centerville kicked a 52-yard field goal. Then came N. C. State, an away game, and even though OSU was ranked 9th in the polls and N. C. State was unranked, the gamblers picked N. C. State to win, no respect!! It turned out to be OSU's easiest game but Nugent of Centerville had to kick 5 field goals. Now Pete Torvik, a Minnesota alum, is telling me that OSU is afraid to play Minnesota, since this is a year they don't play each other, HA, HA. My sympathy to Wolaver, since his team, Michigan, lost to Notre Dame (those wet spots on the page are crocodile tears). What fun, what fun, GO BUCKS!! Ethelene and I request that you don't call us when a Buckeye football game is on TV. However, if OSU loses and you are a fan of the winner, feel free to call and offer condolences after the game. (Ed. Note: above submitted before OSU embarrassment by Northwestern and glorious victories by Michigan and Minn.)

Jim and Lucy Bridgman: Jim continues to be very active as an AFIT Emeritus - taught two courses this year, chaired two MS thesis and a Ph.D. dissertation and accompanied the MS students on their annual field trip to the nuclear laboratories in Albuquerque. (He serves as the "local color" man on the trip - (sort of the John Madden of the activity). Lucy is busy with the Dayton Knitting Guild and a Wives’ Club Investment Group. (Jim says he’s still not rich, but he is attractively adorned with sweaters and the like.)

Joe and Jackie Cain: Jackie reports that Joe had a stroke last Thursday He is very weak and having some trouble with speech. He is very fortunate that he has no paralysis. Before the stroke he was enjoying playing with his grandson and traveling to Estes Park this summer to enjoy the mountains.

{Editor’s note: If anyone wants to send a card it is 131 Buena Vista, Royse City TX 75189 or jpcain@airmail.net}

Annett Crouch: Jack still recognizes her and their children and enjoys watching the grandchildren, but Alzheimer’s effects continue to increase. Annett continues to play 9 holes of golf a week and recently shot a 43, congratulations.

Ernie and Betty Dorko: We have moved to a different home, still in the Albuquerque area, about 4 miles north and east of our previous home. We are just outside the city now and for those of you familiar with Albuquerque, we are just off Tramway and San Rafael. Our new address is:

2182 Cattail Willow Ave. NE

Albuquerque, NM 87122.

We are very near the mountain and have a great view of it from our back patio. We did downsize a bit going from about 2200 sq. ft. to 1700 sq. ft. and so had to decide what we had to eliminate. Many of my technical books were donated to our local library although I did keep about two shelves full. We are really enjoying our new home so that made the hassle of buying, selling, and moving bearable. I am still teaching at our local community college--TVI. This semester I am teaching general chemistry to the chem and engr majors.I had about 48 students. However I am giving my first test this Thursday and so expect about 1/3 of the class to drop. I do wonder who is going to run our country in a few years although I try not to think about it too much as it is scary! But I do enjoy teaching and so will keep doing it on a part time basis of course.

My other news is that on Oct 7 Betty and I travel to Detroit, MI for the 50th reunion of my high school class! Time flies! It will be fun to see many that I have not seen in some cases for the 25 years since the last reunion. If any of you are in the neighborhood, please give us a call. The number is the old one--505-828-0542

Helen Downing is living in an apartment at St. Leonards, she says that her health has recently improved and she is now participating in St. L. exercise program. What brought this about?? A handsome 90 year-old man invited and urged Helen to participate!!

Clarence Edstrom: Poor eyesight keeps him house-bound, but he is happy that he can continue to live independently. He prepares his own meals, listens to the radio, and the library keeps him well supplied with books on tape. He depends on his daughter and friends for necessary transportation. He would like to attend one of our luncheons after bldg 640 is back in operation.

Bill and Carolyn Elrod: Carolyn has had a knee replacement and is getting along fine, with the help of physical therapy. Bill is keeping busy coordinating a construction job at their church, and helping to conduct annual Tech Fests to interest students (4^th through 12^th grades) in engineering or other technical careers.

Ann Ericksen: Ann is getting along fine doing her own cooking and housekeeping, and still driving her car!

Dick and Dot Hagee: Enjoying retirement and still doing a lot of traveling.

Dino and Mary Houpis are about to leave for their Florida home. Dino has finished the second edition of Quantitative Feedback Theory. He is also involved in directing a NATO lecture series in Stockholm.

Norma Keister: Norma is still residing at Bethany Lutheran and seems to be getting along pretty well.

Kep and Mary Ann Kepler have recently moved from the house that they occupied for 51 years to a retirement cottage at St. Leonards. Their new address is 8301 St. Francis Ct., Centerville OH 45458.

Bill and Barbara Lehman: We are back in Port Aransas TX on the Gulf where we miss all the Florida hurricanes. We got out on our porch in Colorado and B_L_E_W hard to the East to keep them in Florida. Chaos Theory works!

Ginny Liedheiser: Paul was in the hospital for three weeks (cancer) and is now in a rehab center where we hope that he can regain the use of his legs.

Guy Risley reports that the tidal surge brought water over his seawall, but remained 30 inches below level of the first floor of his new house on Tampa Bay. He, Betty, and family are doing well.

Peter and Pat Torvik did the Alaska cruise with Bob and Karen Calico in late August. Great scenery, wildlife -- and food. Pete out-gained Bob 8 to 5. Pat and Karen are not talking about it. Peter was invited to deliver the general lecture at the 9^th National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference last March. Pat is busy with Master Gardners, lots of church work, and 2 investment clubs.

Lynn and Arah-Dean Wolaver: We leave early 15 October to fly to Montreal to cruise the St. Lawrence and end up in Norfolk, VI, returning 30 October. We work the polls on 2 Nov, recover on the 3rd and return to the real world on 4 Nov. So we won't be at the AFIT retirees lunch. Our 15 year-old grand- daughter is on the Beavercreek Freshman volleyball team this year. I told her I used to play volleyball with the AFIT team. I played the position of Dean. Thank goodness she is much better than I was or am. Watching volleyball or basketball is much more fun when you have a granddaughter playing on the team. I am still on some eight Boards and still trying to help the Fairborn City and Schools pass impossible levies. So far it looks to be a long college football season but don't tell Wally I said that.

Harold and Ruth Wright survived the Florida hurricanes. Charlie was the worst, as they eye passed within 15 miles. They live in a gated community of 350 homes. There was no damage to their unit, but Charlie blew a streetlight off a post and took down 150 of the 700 trees in the complex. The other three hurricanes just gave them some wind and rain. Harold’s health has him up and down, but mostly up. They will be visiting Ohio in late October for an event at their old church (Shiloh) and expect to be at the Oct 29 Alumni awards banquet.

Cecil Bailey: With publication of the essay, Hamilton and the Law of Varying Action Revisited, September 2004, Professor Bailey has successfully completed a 30 year Odyssey. Hamilton's Law of Varying Action is not a valid equation for non-conservative systems. Hamilton's Principle, as Hamilton wrote it with end point terms, is a valid equation but only for "potential" systems. Lagrange is also revisited. By differentiating the correct total work/energy, six separate equations are obtained, three for the minimum energy, conservative systems of Lagrange's Principle of Least Action, and three for the general work/energy systems as found by Dr. B. E. Gatewood in 1972 and demonstrated by Bailey in 1975. Lagrange and Hamilton were great mathematicians. They were not infallible!

Leno and Jean Pedrotti count 12 grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren---and we are currently in a HOLDING pattern!! We are also in a "family effort" to generate the third edition of Introduction to Optics. My brother Frank and I published the first edition in 1987, the second edition in 1993, and so now its past time for the third edition. Since Frank and I have been away from the classroom and the forefront of optics for some 15 years-- at least--we decided that it was time for the next generation to pitch in. So my son, Leno Matthew, at University of .Dayton., with a PhD and teaching background in quantum optics, classroom savvy, etc. volunteered to step in and assist the two septuagenarians. Lots of work ahead, but if all goes according to schedule, the 3rd edition should be coming out in early 2006. (You can tell Dino and Jack that I look with keen admiration on their success with their landmark textbook and the many editions they have produced.)

Material for this edition of the newsletter was collected by Jim Bridgman.

REMINDER: Please make your reservations for the Oct 16 luncheon by calling Bridgman, Breuer, Kepler or Torvik by Wednesday, October 13.

NEWSLETTER