Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 12:21:24 -0400 From: Jerry Hicks <jhicks@glenatl.glenayre.com> To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Dan Hildebrand (1991-1998) [OFFTOPIC] Message-ID: <35A79104.27C3D9A1@glenatl.glenayre.com>
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Dan was one of the minds behind perhaps one of the best of the commercial microkernel systems. People here may recognize his work in the nifty demo floppy with Photon GUI from QNX. Sad news indeed. > From rick@astra.mb.ca (Rick Duff at Astra Network, Inc) > > I have the sad task of announcing the passing of Dan Hildebrand > Tuesday afternoon, July 7 1998. Dan was survived by his wife, Peggy > and two young children, Casey and Neil. > > Dan had been diagnosed with malignant melanoma (skin cancer) which, in > November, was found to have spread to his brain. He fought it for as > long as he could with everything that modern medicine could provide, > going as far afield as France and Los Angeles, but it wasn't enough. > > Dan was an active member of many Usenet newsgroups and a firm believer > in what Usenet and the Internet was all about. His contributions > to the areas of work represented by these newsgroups was immeasurable > and he will be sorely missed by all who knew him. > > His family asks that donations be made in lieu of flowers and these > can be sent to: > > Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation of Manitoba > 100 Olivia St. > Winnipeg, Manitoba, > Canada R3E 0V9 > > Anyone wishing to send condolences via email may do so by addressing > it to me with a subject of "Dan Hildebrand". My email address is > rick@astra.mb.ca. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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