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Edward M. Purcell, Gerhard Gade University Professor, said he "helped to get the camera designed and aboard so that close-up, color pictures of the undisturbed lunar surface could be taken." Neil A. Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, used the same camera during his moonwalk.
NASA asked Purcell and other leading scientists in 1967 to decide what specifications the camera should meet. Purcell said he became involved in the camera program because he was "concerned at the absence from the Apollo program of any plans for scientific photography of the lunar surface except from a...
By week's end Cornell was in a state of euphoric exhaustion. Despite their misgivings, most professors seemed satisfied that Cornell had averted bloodshed. Many students envisioned a new era of racial good feeling. Robert W. Purcell, chairman of the board of trustees, said the "silent center" had spoken...
"When is all this going to end" is one question coming from all over and from all levels.... --JOE PURCELL, Record American
Last week, just 100 days after the Memorial Center's dedication, Atlantans were shocked to hear that the ballet, opera and dramatic repertory were folding. Their parent, Atlanta Municipal Theater, had already run up a deficit of $300,000 and could continue no longer at the center. The reason...