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Ladies and gentlemen of the theatro-blogosphere, please give it up for Mr. Bill Foster!

He is the co-founder of ETC and co-creator of the Source Four and a number of other revolutionary lights and light boards.

And he has just been elected as Democrat (from a longtime Republican district) to the House of Representatives from the state of Illinois, in a special election to replace former House Speaker Dennis Hastert for the rest of his term - this coming January. He will go up against Hastert again in November for the following term.

He is a scientist - and we could use more of them in office - who has been working for years at Fermilab on particle physics.

Congrats, Mr. Foster!

Comments

[silverplate88.livejournal.com]

How totally cool. Everything about ETC and S4 and all the other stuff, like Parnels, is revolutionary. Had the intense pleasure of buying a personal ETC Express 24/48 and a 24-slot Sensor rack and using them in a theatre which up to then only had a NSI 2sc preset. Many theatres I worked in [this was Austin] had nothing, really, and I remember once having to call in the City electricians to hook up a temp drop for me from the pole ...

But Fermilab? Are you sure, Ian? My admiration just went through the roof.

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Check the link I had on his name in the post - that goes to his campaign site, which has pages detailing his history in business (ETC) and in science (Fermilab). Damned impressive and worthy of admiration, indeed.