Live Long and Prosper

A death during my vacation I wanted to make sure got its due: Walter "Matt" Jefferies, the designer of the Starship Enterprise from the series Star Trek, passed away last Monday at the age of 82. Mourning continues in parent's basements and apartments above garages across the nation. After receiving the Bronze Star for his time on B-52 bombers in World War II, Jefferies moved to Hollywood to work as a set designer on such films as, fittingly, "Bombers B-52," while also working on Dallas and Little House on the Prairie, but Star Trek was his greatest achievement. He based the call number for the original Enterprise, NCC-1701, on his own fishing boat. Scoff if you like, but how many of you have your work hanging in the Smithsonian Institute? The George Harrison Invitational gives Jefferies the 4-finger salute.