Jack Rudy was many things. He was a pilot who illegally flew his plane under the Ohio River Bridge(on a dare), and he worked on planes during WWII.
He invented a mechanical device for pharmacists to count pills (rather than by hand), and built a houseboat out of an old city bus. He drew a line on it where he said it would float when launched and it was dead on.
He was an engineer for his working life after the war. He was, as legend has it, a "marvelous dancer.”
He read Popular Mechanics & National Geographic cover to cover - a curious type who made his own bullets, and shot them into a dirt wall he constructed in his basement.
He LOVED to entertain and was known to overindulge in drink, smoke, and his wife’s gourmet cooking.