Departures of note

Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr. corrected Frank Brookhouser’s omission of the letter “u” in a 1952 Philadelphia voter registration report that used the 35‑letter version of his surname; his correction was carried by Time and other outlets.

After his correction, the city’s utility company, when told he would not pay his bill unless his name was right, spelled his surname correctly on three lines, while Philadelphia’s business computers continued using an abbreviated form.