As students, Tom Coursolle, Doug McLaughlin and I worked together on several projects in the Scientific Department while attending Brooks (we discovered that the three of us were also musicians). While in total darkness, Doug counted off before hitting his bass drum causing the milk to vibrate up into midair. I tripped the shutter which fired an electronic flash set at 1/50,000 of a second freezing the image of the milk. The image came across as a frozen sculpture of swirling condensed milk (drops of food coloring added for effect) and was used on the cover of the Professional Photographers of America magazine, May 1973 for a special issue, Education & Careers.

Harold Eugene "Doc” Edgerton professor at MIT and pioneer of the stroboscope (flash), sent a hand written note to Vern Miller, Head of the Scientific Department and the team, congratulating and encouraging us to keep up the good work. We were excited about the cover, but even more excited about the note.

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