American chemist and mathematician.
Born December 9th, 1905 in McDowell County.
Died February 28th, 2004 at 98 years old in Kanawha County.
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde