Dr. Lukasik (pronounced loo-KAY-sik) was 14 when he decided to become a physicist, haunted by newspaper accounts of the atomic bombings of Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II. Read the obituary (Mj Kim/AP)Through his work in the 1970s and ’80s at the Defense Department and the Federal Communications Commission, Dr. Lukasik also became a Zeligesque figure in the development of digital technologies. (Radiocarbon tests indicated the frayed length of linen was created in the Middle Ages, although Dr. Lukasik cast doubts on those findings.) Dr. Lukasik, who later donated 50 boxes full of paper to the Charles Babbage Institute, was not one to throw things away. Dr. Lukasik was still called upon to consult on national security issues in recent years.

Source: Washington Post October 08, 2019 23:26 UTC