Richard C. Datin Jr.
(October 10, 1929 - January 24, 2011)Richard “Dick” C. Datin, Jr. was the model maker who was called in by the Howard Anderson Company to construct the three-foot Enterprise model, designed by Matt Jefferies in 1964, and thereby becoming the very first studio model maker for the Star Trek franchise, though he, as sub-contractor, has never received official credit as such.