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... Dr. Ling retired as Vice-President of Bell Laboratories in 1971.
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... Dr. Ling remained a member of the mathematical research organization at Bell Laboratories for the next thirteen years.
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... He served as liaison between these two communities for the rest of his career. The mathematical research organization at Bell Laboratories grew in size and in the early 1950s was split into several units under one director.
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... Dr. Ling left his mark on Bell Laboratories.
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... We talked of his book, of his hopes for its publication, of his music- he had strength only for short periods at the piano of his mineral collection, of his health, of his daughter and infant grandson. At our parting, we all knew it was our last.
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