Goodbye oh Engineering Coordinator
He was my first "minion" I could call my very own, that I didn't have to share with anyone. His desk was outside my office, and I would yell in a silly sing song voice "oh engineeeeering coordinatoooor" and he would come half running hair flying everywhere, screeching to a halt with a start, his calm voice in direct contrast with the chaos before me would say something just as silly like "what is your wish, mistress" or something as silly.
Richard worked with me at InterCon, and was the go to guy for ordering stuff, putting stuff together, writing stuff, or doing other stuff that I didn't have time to do when I was VP Engineering. We lost touch after InterCon became no more, but he was one of the "fixed points in time" as the Doctor would say, and I always thought I could hang out with him again sometime.
Alas, that is not to be. I'll let others speak of the rotten 2 months he spent in the hospital and what series of medical catastrophes finally claimed his life, but for me he'll always be my engineering coordinator, and someone I will dearly miss.
Fly free, Richard. You will be missed.
Richard worked with me at InterCon, and was the go to guy for ordering stuff, putting stuff together, writing stuff, or doing other stuff that I didn't have time to do when I was VP Engineering. We lost touch after InterCon became no more, but he was one of the "fixed points in time" as the Doctor would say, and I always thought I could hang out with him again sometime.
Alas, that is not to be. I'll let others speak of the rotten 2 months he spent in the hospital and what series of medical catastrophes finally claimed his life, but for me he'll always be my engineering coordinator, and someone I will dearly miss.
Fly free, Richard. You will be missed.