Earnest Harrison

I feel as though I should introduce myself, My name is Winnie Blair. I am Ernie's older sister and I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of love from everyone. To know that Ernie was the same person in every situation:, caring, wise, humble and honest, no matter how difficult, is to appreciate his legacy and the blessing we all had in knowing him. His influence was even greater as some of his many qualities rubbed off on us and we, in turn, became better people.

Ernie could...

I offer the following of behalf of Ernie's many Australian friends, established through his work with Northrop Grumman in support of the Wedgetail program for the Royal Australian Air Force.

It was with the deepest sadness and regret that we learned of Ernie's passing. Many of us shared the pleasure of working with Ernie from the 1996 timeframe until his retirement from NG. Over this period, Ernie was the senior engineer and system architect for a first of type radar system,...

Quite a few of Ernie's friends and colleagues have wondered why he retired. The reasons he gave were important and real -- he wanted to learn more classical guitar and teach math at the University of Maryland. But he had several other reasons which were even more compelling to him. Ernie spent most of his spare time trying to develop a unified field theory. He eventually started focusing on black holes and the structure of the universe near a black hole. He made some good progress the week...

I am a cousin of Ernie. We lost touch when we were children. I do remember going places with my mother and Ernie and his mother and older sister, Jenny. It was a fun time for all of us. Both Ernie and Ginny were beautiful children and as you can probably realize; both brilliant. They were so sweet and considerate. I was never brilliant but aspired to the arts always admiring my two little cousins. Aunt Silvia, Ernie and Jenny's mother,was also sweet, beautiful, loving and was...

As Ernie's niece, some might envy me for being related to him for half a century, but I envy them for the opportunity to have known him on a daily basis as co-worker and friend. Thank you for sharing your stories. Throughout most of my childhood, all I knew about Ernie's work was that it was top secret and very important. Later he told me it had something to do with radar planes, but I really had no idea how truly significant his work was until I read it here. My last memory is from a few...