V for Victory

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 11/11/2001 11:26:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU writes:

> > Dr. Doolittle in his memoirs quotes from a _Los Angeles Times_ article
>  > describing a military airshow held November 25, 1918:
>
>  Dr. Doolittle?
>
>  Interestingly, both Jimmy Doolittle and Hugh Lofting, the author of Dr.
>  Doolittle, went to MIT.

Jimmy Doolittle received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of
California and then in 1925 a Doctor of Science from MIT.  His doctoral
thesis was "The Effect of the Wind Velocity Gradient on Airplane Performance."