amid aeronautical engineers. Mr. Vogel, who died at age 88 Oct. 21 of respiratory failure, was an engineer, but he never felt bound by rigid rules of behavior or the expectations of others. An unconventional man with an unusual streak of humor, he would don the attire of Benjamin Franklin when visiting the University of Virginia, founded by Franklin's cohort, Thomas Jefferson. In his work-related engineering reports, he dropped poems in the prose, just to see if anyone was reading them.
from The Washington Post: An engineer well-versed in figures and humor
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