David Wilson - a year since

from David Wilson's obit :

David G. Wilson

David Gordon Wilson professor emeritus at MIT, who was a key figure in human power and engineering, died on May 2, 2019. He was 91 years old. Born in Warwickshire, England, Mr. Wilson's life was devoted to energy efficiency and promoting health through public policy. He completed the fourth edition of the authoritative book, Bicycling Science, a few days before his death. He started the recumbent-bicycle movement in the United States and developed the Avatar 2000, which broke the world speed record in 1982. He also built pedal - powered hydrofoils, aircraft, lawnmowers, washing mach ines and televisions. He amused and entertained the neighbors on Winthrop Street with his ever-expanding display of solar cookers on the front lawn. One even burst into flames, bringing out the fire brigade and burning the entire garden. Mr. Wilson was recognized around the Boston area for riding his orange - flagged recumbent bike everywhere, whatever the weather. A Wilson vacation involved not only planning the destination, but getting there, usually on a 3-person triple tandem. Once, on their way back from Tanglewood, David took a sharp turn in Springfield, catapulting the passengers out on the street. It was only two miles down the road, when passengers on a city bus alerted him, that the realized he was the only one pedaling. He co-founded MASH (Massachusetts Action On Smoking), whose efforts eventually led to non-smoking areas in restaurants and airplanes. In Winchester, David helped on stage crew for the Winton Club Cabaret for years, and ran the popular Science and Technology discussion group at the Jenks Center. He is survived by his wife Ellen, daughters Erica Mandau and Susan Wilson, and a granddaughter. The Celebration of David's life will be held on Friday, May 17, at 10:00 AM at the Parish of the Epiphany, 70 Church St., Winchester. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, donations in David's memory may be made to the Applachian Mountain Club, 10 City Sq., Boston Mas 02129 www.outdoors.org. Arrangements by Costello Funeral Home of Winchester. www. costellofuneralhome.com.

Published in The Winchester Star from May 7 to May 16, 2019

Friday, April 24, 2020 - Open discussion, join remotely

Remote session, open discussion.

This meeting will is on Friday, April 24 at: 10:45 am.

We do not have a speaker scheduled. Many of our members have had a variety of interesting and varied careers in the differing fields of science and technology. It would be interesting to share some of those experiences particularly how things have changed over the years among the members, and so this Friday I ask for volunteers to speak for a few minutes about their own careers. I suggest about fifteen minutes or so, although more or less would be fine also. Please let me know if you are willing to join in this. It is not necessary to prepare formal presentations, although you may do so if you desire. Of course, if there are other topics that you wish to speak on, that would be fine also.

Instructions for joining the Zoom can be found at: https://jenksst.blogspot.com/p/join-meeting-remotely.html including the Meeting ID, and any changes will be updated on the web page.

Zoom Meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/489539990
Meeting ID: 489 539 990

Next meeting is May 8th, 2020.

Friday, April 10th, 2020 - 10:45am "The Unfolding Story of the Coronavirus" -

Watch Party
On Friday April 10th at 10:45am we will continue the David Wilson Science and Technology Forum with a "watch party" of a lecture given by Dr. Jeffrey Drazen - he is the speaker at the 2020 Jenks Center Brennan Lecture - "The Unfolding Story of the Coronavirus".   This is an update as of April 3rd, 2020.  We can chat with each other in the audience in the chat window, or if you choose to just ignore the chat and watch undisturbed.  The lecture itself was recorded by WinCAM and is available to watch at this link: https://videoplayer.telvue.com/player/7qWlRaZ6VN1bGk9m5qlLrPdu4-4i7cSa/media/553110?autostart=true&showtabssearch=true&fullscreen=false&jwsource=cl  if you miss the watch party, or if you cannot attend at the scheduled time.  

Join Zoom Meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/489539990
Meeting ID: 489 539 990
(for more information see the "Join the Meeting Remotely" page.

------the original broadcast information for the live stream-----https://www.jenkscenter.org/events/live-stream-the-unfolding-story-of-the-coronavirus

Apr 07, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

//wincam.org/watch

About the Event

In early December 2019 a cluster of cases of an unusual pneumonia appeared in Wuhan, China. By early January, the city closed their wet market (open air markets selling mostly dead animals) having identified it as the epicenter of the new virus. Shortly after, researchers identified the novel Coronavirus as the cause. Despite closing the city of Wuhan (over 11 million people), by early February reported cases totaled over 20,000, mostly in China but with outbreaks in over a dozen other countries. By the end of February, reports identified over 80,000 cases and nearly 2,800 deaths with ongoing transmission in Korea, Italy, Iran and elsewhere.  Dr. Jeffrey Drazen joins us for our annual Brennan Lecture to review the story of this world-wide concern as it unfolded—and as it continues to unfold. Dr. Drazen, MD is the NEJM Group Editor (New England Journal of Medicine), the chief of the Division of Medical Communications and a physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is also the Distinguished Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Sponsored by The Brennan Family.