"Gene and Jim – Steve Blaising" 1974 Side 2., 1974

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Scope and Contents

After Phil died, one of them asked for money to continue to work on the experiment and ended up getting five thousand dollars. Their experiments were relatively successful and the next year they were able to obtain twenty eight thousand dollars. At this point in time, the work was only going on at BYU, Illinois, and Penn State.
They say that at the end of Phil's life he was very determined to quickly make progress on his fusion research because he knew he didn't have too much longer to live.
They tell a story of Phil cleaning out a boat that they all find very funny.
He tells a story of a cookout right after Phil had some teeth pulled. His wife got his son a steak, and got baby food for Phil and they all laugh at the story.
They talk about the difficulty of getting funding for some of Phil's projects because he often was doing things that went against what the people they were asking for funding had spent their lives working on and with.

Dates

1974

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

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