Personal stories

Since the Edgerton Digital Collection has gone online, many people have written about their own encounters with Doc — friends, colleagues, students, and others. Get a glimpse here of how Doc opened doors into new inquiries and new connections around the world.

Mapping the Charles River with Doc

Bert Forbes , April 9, 2015

Doc at San Severo, Italy 1943-1944

Benedetta Campanile , August 7, 2012

Doc, Bats and Rattlesnakes in the 1930s and ’40s

G. E. Folk , November 2, 2010

A Serendipitous Tour of Doc’s Lab in 1987

Bill Arcarese , May 10, 2012

Memories of My Senior Thesis Advisor, Doc Edgerton

Joe Parchesky '64 , January 7, 2011

Doc’s “Family” of Students in the 1960s

Barry Rosof '63 , September 8, 2011

Photographing Transatlantic Cables With Doc in the 1960s

G. Robert Leopold , January 15, 2012

Doc as Match-Maker: The Beauty and Romance of a High-Speed Photograph

Carol T. West , August 9, 2010

The Three Docs at EG&G (1970s-1980s)

Glenn Campbell , March 6, 2012

Doc’s Strobe Lights on Boston’s Prudential Tower

John Krout '75 , December 16, 2009

Exploding Pingers and Dinner Parties: Doc in the 1950s

Dean C. Andrus '59 , December 30, 2009

Afraid To Break the News

Ron Bucchino , May 21, 2010

Doc’s Legacy at EG&G: Global Environmental & Oceanographic Systems

Doug Leaffer , February 1, 2010

Doc and Ben Franklin

Brewster Kahle '82 , January 3, 2010

Doc at Loch Ness: A Bolt From the Blue

Tony Harmsworth , 1984

http://edgerton-digital-collections.org