51.   He had had a long battle with cancer, said his wife, Mayanne.

52.   He took great pleasure in shaving nanoseconds off the time his elegant programs took to run, said his wife, Alice.

53.   He was on sick leave and sat on the court for only a few weeks this year, his wife said.

54.   He was the only American who was healthy enough to attend the ceremony, his wife said.

55.   He was to have gone into a nursing home, which he did not want to do, his wife said.

56.   He paid the loan back in six months, his wife says.

57.   He was funny and, his wife said, when he drank, even funnier.

58.   He was fair-minded, his wife said.

59.   He was in the Navy ROTC to save his parents the expense of his college education, his wife said.

60.   He worked long days, said his wife, Jill, but he managed to be well-rounded.