Ken is part of RCU (RCU Forum Manager/Admin) so he can see what is going on in all the forums - traffic, problems, glitches, etc. He is one of the reasons we can all participate in this forum. HoundDog - I had the answer after your first guess about
Paterson Clarence Hughes (the last line in Wikipedia mentions
Squadron Leader Joseph "Spike" O'Brien but could not find enough info to back it up in time nor did I have a good search question ready.