Editing James Doohan (section)

==Inspiration==
Many fans told Doohan over the years that it was he who inspired them to choose engineering as a profession. [[Astronaut]] [[Neil Armstrong]], an engineer before he participated in [[NASA]]'s [[Apollo program]], becoming the first man on the moon, personally told Doohan on stage at Doohan's last public appearance in 2004, "From one old engineer to another, thanks, mate."<ref>{{cite web|title=R.I.P. James Doohan 1920–2005|url=http://soulofstartrek.blogspot.com/2005/07/r.html|work=Soul of Star Trek|date=July 20, 2005}}</ref>

In an interview for the first ''Trekkies'' film, Doohan related the story of a young fan who was contemplating suicide. Doohan says that he convinced her to attend his next convention appearance, and later learned that his encouragement and kind words had not only saved her life, but inspired her to go back to school and become an [[electronics engineer]].<ref>Doohan tells the anecdote in the 1997 documentary ''[[Trekkies (film)|Trekkies]]'', directed by [[Roger Nygard]]</ref>