1971 CALVIN GRAD: "Grand Rapids native helped send probe to Pluto"

"That engineer is a 1971 Calvin College grad and "one of the youngsters who helped build the [James C. Veen] observatory in Lowell, and worked at the planetarium for a number of years," DeBruyn said. "Thomas E. Strikwerda is an engineer for Johns Hopkins..."

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