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...courthouse square in Sullivan. Recently, when Shuman showed up on Capitol Hill to testify before the Senate Agriculture Committee on the 1965 farm bill, it was like old home week. "Hello, Charlie," called Committee Chairman Allen Ellender as Shuman walked in. "How are you, Charlie?" inquired Vermont Republican George Aiken. Shuman has a reputation for having facts at his fingertips and needing no assistance when he has something to say. When Louisiana's Ellender offered to let several Farm Bureau aides join Shuman at the committee's table, Shuman
Vermont Republican George Aiken: "The Senate now is more inclined to let the Administration assume the responsibility to get out of the mess the best way it can. There's a tendency to give less advice on Viet Nam. There were those who thought we should get out, lock, stock and barrel, and those who thought we should take on everybody. I think opinion has moderated at both ends. We can't afford to clear out of Viet Nam. Many of us agree that negotiations are highly advisable and that the U.N. hopefully is an effective agency...
Howard H. Aiken, professor of applied mathematics, Emeritus, received a Doctor of Science degree for his work in helping to develop the computer. Marston Morse, a pioneer in the mathematical field of variational theory in the large, also received a Doctor of Science degree...
...Aiken developed the Mark I, the forerunner of today's computers, while at Harvard; he worked on later models in the "Mark" series and organized the Harvard Computation Laboratories...
HENRY DAVID AIKEN...