Imagine That

70 Years ago today Dr. Daniel Wilde was born. This great man not only received a PHD from MIT, but went on to found one of the greatest information companies worldwide.

This website is not meant to list his many accomplishments, but instead for people that know him to join in his birthday celebration and have some fun.

Happy Birthday

There are many stories I can tell. I bet you are wondering which one I will choose?

We were on a business trip in Boston and when it was time for dinner Dan asked what kind of food we should have. After choosing Italian he said he knew where to find the best Italian food in the city. He always seems to know the best place to eat in every city worldwide. He brought us down an alley off the Commons. The food was great, but the conversation was even better.

He told story after story about the pranks that the students at MIT play. My favorite was one he told about somebody that tied a steam radiator to another students door and then put the radiator out the window. When the student arrived back to his dorm room and opened his door, not only did the door fly open, but the weight of the radiator tore the door right off the hinges. We laughed for hours, making it one of the best dinners I ever had.

Thanks for the fun and the many lessons you taught me!

Happy 70th and many more!
Mike Mahoney

Dr. Wilde,

Happy 70^th!!

There isn’t nearly enough room on the pages of this blog to recount all the stories and adventures we have shared together…from the road trips for the many ASIDIC meetings, the drives to and from Boston for the flight to London Online, front seats on the upper level of double decker busses, Hazlitts, pints at the Dog and Duck, Monk’s Jazz Shop, cheese shop on Jermyn Street, Amalfi desserts, DaBrunos, Quo Vadis, Waiting for Godot, Kings Cross and Paddington Station, York Minster, the Viking Museum, lunches at Willington Pizza or Little Marks Big BBQ, the red light district in Amsterdam and a Mass in Dutch, Tiffany’s emeralds in New York, the Manhatten Ocean Beach Club, Beef Jerky, Clark Kent and the list just goes on and on…story after story after story. (Helen is now holding up two fingers) Suffice to say that my life would not be what it is today without the experiences we have shared and the many things you taught me. I’ll be thinking about you today, as I do on many days, re-examining those many lessons. You’ll be pleased to know that Nerac continues to thrive in spite of anything that I do…

Regards,

Kevin

Engineering Joke

We all know that MIT educates engineers. Wonder if Dr. Wilde fits this mold?

Two engineering students were walking across campus when one said, "Where did you get such a great bike?"

The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want."

The first engineer nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."

Dan and Helen have traveled across the globe and eaten at all the finest establishments. They made a special trip to Goldsboro, NC to eat some the best southern barbecue on the planet.

Happy 70th, Dan!

Hard to believe it's been 23 or 24 years ago when you called me and said: "I have a small problem and Don Edwards said you may be able to help. I moved some beams in our office to make room for a new computer, and now we have a little sagging." What a way to begin, with a wood frame building in an office park built in a swamp. We've come a long way, baby!

A few years later there was the call when you said: "Klewin's site contractor pulled onto the site [in Tolland] and immediately sank out of sight. I think we have some problems." You had raised understatement to an art form.

I especially enjoyed occasional lunches at Little Mark's enjoying the best barbecue in the North. I also really enjoyed the Pops in Boston that very cold December (so much for Global Warming).

Best wishes on your 70th. I still chuckle when I think of some of our escapades.

Russ

Dear Dan,

Happy birthday and many more!

I will always remember you at ASIDIC meetings sitting in the back row reading the paper. You knew what multitasking is long before it became a fashionable computer term!

Best wishes!

Don Hawkins.