Happie Boithday!!!

¡Hola!
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Today is my late father's birthday. He would have turned seventy today.
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There are a lot adjectives that could use to describe my father, but the one word that probably stands out the most and the one that I would use, would be this: modest.
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My dad was a very modest individual, in that he would never toot his own horn about the things he did, the things that he accomplished or the undying respect that he earned during his lifetime.
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Let me tell you a little bit about my dad and the huge footprint that he left behind in this world.
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My dad taught computer science at what is now called Central CT State University. He was one of the very first members of the newly created computer science department when he was hired at the very young age of twenty-five (this was back in 1964).
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Although he had many accomplishments at CCSU (dept head, member of the faculty senate, etc.), perhaps the one he was most know for, was for something that he didn't teach, but simply administered: the math placement test.
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I'm not quite sure how the admission process works at todays colleges/universities, but back in the day when you enrolled at CCSC/CCSU, you had to prove that the math skills you came in with were good enough to continue at college with. Thus, you took a math placement test. If you didn't pass this test, you got put into a remedial math class, and were taught the very basics of mathematics. And I'm meaning very basic, like high school algebra basic. Suffice to say, my dad became a very popular individual. A man of very uncompromising values. If you didn't pass, you didn't get to take your chosen mathematics class until you did remedial mathematics.
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My dad was very well known in the local community. The things he did and accomplished were wide ranging, and they include the following examples:
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1} Heavily involved in local politics as he helped run two very successful mayoral campaigns.
2} Heavily involved in community sports: woman's volleyball, men's basketball, girls softball, Little League baseball, boys and girls basketball, to name just a few.
3} With Little League baseball, in 1975 he was instrumental in helping to successfully integrate girls into what was formerly an all-boys town sport. Even made the local television news at the time.
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On the world stage, his influence was far-reaching and just as well known even today. Back in the late 70's, he took over a teaching program at Sam Sharpe University (Kingston, Jamaica), and helped bring wider exposure of the academic/real world communities to people who otherwise wouldn't have been afford the opportunity to experience higher education. He became a very well know fixture in the West Indian community, both stateside and overseas, right up to the day he passed away (His obituary was published in the local daily paper in Kingston, and in the local weekly paper that covered the West Indian community). His influence was such that even people from Jamaica traveled to CT to pay their last respects.
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I like to finish up this mini-tribute to my dad (a longer version can be found in the Hartford Courant archives: his obit ran two full length newspaper columns and he had a very nice article written about him in the paper. The article was an installment in a weekly column that featured influential local people who had passed away), by pointing out the misspelled title of this post.
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My dad was a major stickler for good grammar skills and never failed to point out what was wrong with a particular part of an English paper that I would show him for approval. So as a tribute to him and the knowledge he imparted onto me, I would like to wish my dad a "Happie Boithday!"
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I would also like to take this opportunity to ask people if they leave comments, to share a memory of a now gone loved one.