[vox] Passing of Richard Harke

[Nick Schmalenberger]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:39:40AM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> 
> I'm sad to learn that Richard Harke died earlier this month.
> His wife Sue reached out, so I could share the news with
> other LUGOD members.  She also writes:
> 
>   I could use the help of  your group to find a home for his itanium computer.
>   I don't think it belongs in the dump (I don't know the password to get on
>   anyway).  I also have a number of books that your group might like to
>   distribute, rather than my giving to the library.  I'm sure a group member
>   knows how to reformat hard drives and make the computer work for him or her.
> 
>   I think Richard would be please to have the books that he prized so much
>   find a good home.
> 
> If anyone here is interested in these, let me know, and I'll put you in
> touch with Sue.  (IIRC, she's out in Sacramento, FYI)
>
Its pretty sad to hear. I remember a few meetings where he and
Jeff DeFay were the only non-officers (maybe it was the one where
we got all the Sybase tshirts). What a good guy he was :)
-Nick