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Do you know the Doohan/JFK connection?

The best man at Doohan's third wedding was actor William Campbell.  

Campbell was a versatile actor who had portrayed the faggy Trelane character in "The Squire of Gothos" episode.  It was Doohan who did the voice over as Trelane's father.

Campbell also played the antagonistic Klingon captain Koloth in "The Trouble With Tribbles."  Aside from the amusing fight scene (in which Doohan punches Campbell), it's also interesting to see all the little tricks Doohan used to conceal his missing digit (hand behind back, hand under table, hand behind chair, etc.).  

From 1952 to 1958 Campbell had been married to Judith Immoor, better known later as the notorious Judith Exner.  (Often you see her referred to as Judith Campbell Exner.)

Exner was the reputed simultaneous mistress of both JFK and mob boss Sam Giancana, and arranged for a meeting between the two to aid Kennedy's presidential campaign.  In her book she claimed to have transported payoffs to the Kennedys, and also that she had aborted a child of JFK's that she carried.

Did Doohan really die of pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease at age 85, or was he hit to prevent him from spilling more dirt on the Kennedys?  Why was he cremated when Doohan, a Catholic, knew that the Church did not allow cremated remains to be present in church during the celebration of a funeral liturgy?

Dennis Ruhl Wrote:Other sites say...he was wounded by one of his own Bren gunners.

I tend to believe that story about the jumpy sentry.  Six hits, including one to the heart (but for the silver cigarette case)?  That's some fine marksmanship.  If old war movies are any indication, no German ever put six slugs in anything that wasn't tied to a tree.

Martin Eisenstadt Wrote:Did Doohan really die of pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease at age 85, or was he hit to prevent him from spilling more dirt on the Kennedys?

You may be on to something there.  Where was Doohan on July 18, 1969?  The last original Star Trek episode aired on June 3, 1969.  Connect the dots!  Could Doohan have been picking up some extra "piloting" money in Massachusetts?  

TK:  Er ah, Scotty?  Would you er ah drive Mary Jo and I home?
JD:  Not in the Oldsmobile, copt’n?
TK:  Er ah, yes Scotty, in the Olds.  Is there a er ah problem?
JD:  Aye, copt’n.  Thot thing hondles like a bloomin' Higgins boat!
TK:  Well, er ah, try to avoid doing another er ah telephone pole slalom and we should be fine...

Quote:Klingon Language Institute Scholarship
The Kor Memorial Scholarship is awarded by the Klingon Language Institute to recognize and encourage scholarship in the field of language study. Familiarity with Klingon or other constructed languages is not required, but creativity is preferred. The $500 award is open to undergraduate and graduate students. Nominations must be submitted by academic department chairs and/or deans. Only one undergraduate student and one graduate student may be nominated by each department chair or dean. The deadline is June 1. For more information, write to:
Klingon Language Institute
Kor Memorial Scholarship
PO Box 634
Flourtown, PA 19031

Starfleet Academy Scholarship
The Starfleet Academy Scholarship offers several $500 scholarships for active members of the Starfleet Academy. Fields of study include medicine, veterinary medicine, teaching, writing, law enforcement, engineering, acting, dance, music, foreign languages, international studies, business and management. They are available for students at community colleges, technical schools, four-year colleges and graduate schools. The deadline is July 1.

http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/unusual.phtml

How do the new guys compare to the originals? Not bad...

Chris Pine—BA English 2002, UC Berkeley

Zachary Quinto—BA Drama 1999, Carnegie Mellon University

John Cho—BA English 1996, UC Berkeley

Simon Pegg—BA Theater 1991, Bristol University

Karl Urban—“attended” Victoria University of Wellington

Anton Yelchin—“enrolled at the University of Southern California in the fall of 2007 to study film”

Faran Tahir—BA Theater, UC Berkeley; MA Harvard

Ben Cross—BA, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), King’s College London

Jennifer Morrison—BA, Theater 2000, Loyola University Chicago

Bruce Greenwood—“studied” philosophy and economics for three years at the University of British Columbia, where his father was head of the Geology Department and his mother was a nurse in the extended care unit.

(As before, "studied," "enrolled," "attended" etc. usually means no degree, but none of these verified with the respective uni registrars.)

Rachel Nichols--BA Columbia University 2003 dual major math/economics.

Like you would need a picture to remember her, but just in case:



Not to be confused with Susan Oliver ("attended Swarthmore College")...



...or Yvonne Craig ("attended Sunset High School in Dallas, TX").