About the Man

Tinkerer
When Sidney was more active he loved to tinker with things, whether mechanical devices, calculators, computers, or equations. He took pride in removing big trees at his camp in Randolph, NH that needed to come down. He used a come-a-long and great care and calculations to drop the trees so as to miss the house, power lines, etc. He loved to use mechanical advantage in his projects.

Problem Solver
Sidney has also been intrigued with the way things worked. When he was going over to Manchester, NH to get radiation treatment for prostate cancer in the early 1980's he would talk with the radiologists about the x-ray machine. My guess is that he knew more about the machine than either the technician or radiologist. He would make mental estimates of energy, accuracy of aim, etc.

Outdoorsman
He has been also a lifelong hiker and AMC member. He and his family hiked in the Presidential Range and elsewhere on their stays in Randolph. Sidney was quite proud of the fact that he climbed Mt. Washington on his 80th. birthday. He was especially interested in the ways of nature, and he had an inquisitive eye in looking at natural phenomena. Sidney also liked to canoe. He and his wife Joan spent their honeymoon in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of Minnesota.

Storyteller
In his more active days Sidney was a great storyteller. He had stories about the Pacific during World War II, about people he has known, about almost anything. His discussions and stories often revolved around former well-known Bell Labs colleagues such as Shannon, Bode, Norton, ....

The Darlington's are currently living in a retirement village in Exeter, New Hampshire.

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