As some of you may know on the 12th of June a television icon passed.

Don Herbert aka "Mr. Wizard" died of bone cancer at the age of 86.

To those of us who learned our love of the sciences, and physics in particular, from the "Ask Mr. Wizard" TV show of the '50's and '60's, this one man and the simple, straight-forward way he presented science to kids without talking down to them, without needing to be silly or have puppets or cartoons, we owe a debt we can never repay.

In the military I attempted to teach subjects like aerodynamics using Don Herbert as my example. This method of teaching earned my the call-sign "Mr. Wizard" which I wore with pride.

Later as I continued to teach High School and College Physics I always tried to follow Don's example.

Today, I still honor Don with my nic of "The Wizard of BC" whenever on-line.
I think this evening I will lift a test tube of Glenfarclas to his memory.

Both of my personal hero's, Don Herbert and Clayton Moore are gone now. I feel old and shriveled. Lessened somehow. Today's generations will never know hero's like these. I feel sorry for them.