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I wanted to write a
few words about Ed because I never knew Ed as a scientist or as
a technical person. I came out of the Radiation Effects side of
NPS and Ed came from the Medical Imaging side of NPS, and we attended
different conferences and had different sets of friends and peers.
My first experience of Ed in the 1990s was when he chaired MIC and
first became a member of the NPS AdCom when I was the NPS FinCom
Chair.
My initial experience when I first met Ed was that I was meeting
Santa Claus! He had the right colored beard, had that high palate,
had the kind of hearty laugh one expected to hear in the middle
of the night of Christmas eve emanating from the living room and
was, while not rotund, certainly nicely filled out. In truth I never
lost that experience. Each time we met that was my first thought.
As we got to know each other over the years, I found out that my
experience wasn't far from who Ed was; a smart gentle person who
was always giving of himself, his time and his wisdom. Our paths
were close together for a decade as our involvement with NPS and
the Technical Activities side of IEEE grew. He, his wife Carolyn
and I became good friends, and we always seemed to find extra time
to spend together.
Others quote chapter and verse of the positions Ed held both in
his teaching and scientific career, and his career in IEEE, so I
see no need to repeat these. I too applaud his accomplishments in
both areas. I simply want to celebrate who Ed was, and how much
and generously he gave of himself for the betterment of whatever
he was doing at the time. We miss him today for his wisdom, guidance
and balanced approach to problem solving. I miss him both personally
and within NPS, and all of us will miss him in the future. Carolyn's
loss is our loss. Hale and farewell.
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