One of the pictures on a web page about Dick Reed identifies me and Dick Reed. Here are the names of the others, in case you don't know them.

In the second row, Dick Reed is on the left as stated. In the middle is Alan Faller, and on the right is Don G. Friedman with my embarrassing tennis ball in front of his face. In the front row, Isaac Van Der Hoven is to my left. We were all at MIT at the same time. My recollection is that IVDH did not pursue the doctorate. The others received doctorates, and Dick Reed was already a professor when the picture was taken.

All were great people.

Alan Faller went to the University of Maryland, as I recall, and did some significant work with dishpan experiments. Isaac Van Der Hoven worked subsequently at NOAA's Aeronomy Lab in Silver Spring, Md., I think. Don Friedman was employed for some years at the Travelers Research Center in Hartford.

Don's wife was Helen, and my wife and Helen were friends when we were near Hartford. Last I knew, they lived in Newington, Connecticut. I have not been in touch with them for years, and do not know if they are still with us. I should look into this.

Concerning Al Faller, I have a dim recollection that he may have died also. And Isaac Van Der Hoven, with whom I remained in occasional contact, died, I'm rather sure. Thus, I may be the only present survivor of the group, and I'm 79. At the time of the picture, probably about 1953, I was called "young Ed". Not any more!

Missing from the picture are Barry Saltzman and Richard Pfieffer, who were also doctoral students at the time. Barry went to Yale and developed some equations that were adapted by Edward Lorenz in his famous 1963 article, which introduced chaos theory. Richard Pfieffer went to Florida State University, where he worked in geophysical fluid dynamics in application to meteorology.

Should you wish to do so, you could probably get more accurate information and updates from the American Meteorological Society.

Thanks for a fine spread on Dick Reed. I am very disturbed to know of his passing. Fred Sanders was also a contemporary professor and we all became good friends. Fred died about a year ago, and a memorial volume about his meteorological work and interests is in press..

Ed Kessler