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[[File:DonaldHood.PNG|thumb|Doctor Donald Hood, circa 2000]] | [[File:DonaldHood.PNG|thumb|Doctor Donald Hood, circa 2000]] | ||
'''Doctor Donald Hood''', audiologist, is a retired American-Canadian audiologist currently living in Halifax. | '''Doctor Donald Hood''', audiologist, is a retired American-Canadian audiologist currently living in Halifax. | ||
==Early life== | |||
Dr Hood was American and attended Northwestern University. | |||
==Career== | |||
Dr Hood was an audiologist and the owner of [[Thunder Bay Audiology]], located above King's Stereo in Fort William. This business existed from about 1985 to 2005. | |||
==Marriage and children== | |||
He married [[Nancy Greenwald]] in the 1970s and together they had two children: | |||
* [[Arleigh Hood]] (born circa 1978) | |||
* [[Jeremy Hood]] (born circa 1980) | |||
They later divorced, and Dr Hood remarried to another woman and moved to Halifax. | |||
==Relationship with Michael Currie== | |||
Dr Hood gave [[Ron Currie]] his first home computer, in about 1988, which had 20 megabytes of RAM. Michael's habit of playing with the computer and causing problems led to Dr Hood coining the phrase "Pulling a Michael" which meant, unintentionally causing an unrecoverable error through curious use of the computer. | |||
Dr Hood lived beside Michael Currie from Michael's birth until about 1993, when he divorced and moved away. | |||
In July 2001 Michael Currie had dinner with Dr Hood and his new wife, and Jeremy Hood, at their home. That was the last time Currie saw or heard from Dr Hood. | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Interview by [[Michael Currie]] in July 2001 [https://medium.com/@mcurrie_59915/dr-donald-hood-frontier-audiologist-8b53095fc785] | Interview by [[Michael Currie]] in July 2001 [https://medium.com/@mcurrie_59915/dr-donald-hood-frontier-audiologist-8b53095fc785] | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 20 October 2019
Doctor Donald Hood, audiologist, is a retired American-Canadian audiologist currently living in Halifax.
Early life
Dr Hood was American and attended Northwestern University.
Career
Dr Hood was an audiologist and the owner of Thunder Bay Audiology, located above King's Stereo in Fort William. This business existed from about 1985 to 2005.
Marriage and children
He married Nancy Greenwald in the 1970s and together they had two children:
- Arleigh Hood (born circa 1978)
- Jeremy Hood (born circa 1980)
They later divorced, and Dr Hood remarried to another woman and moved to Halifax.
Relationship with Michael Currie
Dr Hood gave Ron Currie his first home computer, in about 1988, which had 20 megabytes of RAM. Michael's habit of playing with the computer and causing problems led to Dr Hood coining the phrase "Pulling a Michael" which meant, unintentionally causing an unrecoverable error through curious use of the computer.
Dr Hood lived beside Michael Currie from Michael's birth until about 1993, when he divorced and moved away.
In July 2001 Michael Currie had dinner with Dr Hood and his new wife, and Jeremy Hood, at their home. That was the last time Currie saw or heard from Dr Hood.
Sources
Interview by Michael Currie in July 2001 [1]