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   From: cadet_nog@hotmail.com   
      
   "Stan Jensen"  wrote in message   
   news:mv4rhvcag08a2kvfa6kh2t79qn8eenhpmp@4ax.com...   
   > Trek's Jefferies Dies   
   >   
   > Walter "Matt" Jefferies, the art director who designed the original   
   > Star Trek starship Enterprise for series creator Gene Roddenberry,   
   > died in the early hours of July 21, the official StarTrek.com Web site   
   > reported. He was 82. No cause of death was reported, but Jefferies had   
   > been battling cancer and had recently been given the all-clear by   
   > doctors, the site reported.   
   >   
   > As an art director for the original series, Jefferies sketched and   
   > conceived of the configuration for the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 and   
   > its bridge. Jefferies' career and contributions to the Trek franchise   
   > are the subject of a new documentary, recently screened at Paramount   
   > for family and friends and to be included on the forthcoming Star   
   > Trek: Generations collector's edition DVD expected next year, the   
   > TrekWeb site reported.   
   >   
   > Jefferies was also the inspiration for the franchise's ubiquitous   
   > "Jefferies Tubes" on Trek starships. The current Trek series, UPN's   
   > Enterprise, recently paid homage to the designer with reference to a   
   > Capt. Jefferies in the second-season episode "First Flight," TrekWeb   
   > reported.   
      
      
   Thanks for the info Stan.  It's nice to know that even people behind the   
   scenes are acknowledged in this way :o)   
      
      
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