9 being with Utah. He had risen to the post of Chief Estimator working under Vice President Gus Ayres. I arrived on the scene -- a full-blown Vice President and Treasurer -- with two months experience in construction as a water boy 23 years earlier -- ensconced in a private office that had been intended for use by visiting field personnel. I came to work on April 1st and Guy left me with the distinct impression that he felt that the joke was on the stockholders, that my office occupancy would be temporary, and my tenure short-lived. I guess he didn't know what that middle initial "W" stood for. Like so many I learned that Uncle Guy's bark was worse than his bite and that his was the warmest of hearts. The stories about him are legion and George Brayle asked me particularly to pass on this message tonight. George wrote: "I regret that my greetings on this occasion must come from Okinawa, but since Guy is a construction man, I'm sure that he will understand. It is most fitting and significant, I believe, that Gay Sperry and NASA should reach the moon at the same time. However whereas Apollo had only 11 blast-offs I, myself, can vividly recall at least 23 blast-offs by Guy! The most publicized one, I suppose, took place during the bid opening for the Norad Combat Command Center. The Army had chosen a national TV hookup to publicize the event and to thereby improve the image of the military-industrial complex. Improve it they did! When we were announced -2-