Re: A Tribute to our Colleague Marty Kraimer

["Williams Jr., Ernest L. via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

I will miss Marty, greatly!!

My sincere condolences.

Absolutely a brilliant engineer.

Marty was also a great mentor too many of us.

I remember my first time wandering the halls looking for Marty; the pounding sound of the keyboard scared me away.

I thought Marty was mad at something.  🙂

Nevertheless, I mustard up some courage and knocked on the door.

Marty welcomed me in and started teaching me about Message Passing Facility (MPF) and drivers.

I was blown away at his depth of knowledge and the enthusiasm he portrayed. 

For me as a young engineer that was precisely what I needed.

So, I was in his office many times while at the APS.

Cheers to Marty!!

Thanks for the mentorship and friendship!!

Ernest Williams

SLAC

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From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> on behalf of bob dalesio via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 5:25 AM
To: EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: A Tribute to our Colleague Marty Kraimer

 

Forgive the non-technical email. Marty passed away recently. As Marty has provided immeasurable support to this community, this seems like the most appropriate way to let everyone know. He was dedicated to building a collaboration on a code base - before there were any text books or scholarly papers or even a name for it - that was open-source. He was a prolific coder, open to help and take help from others. He was meticulous in the production of robust code that many would depend on to operate their facilities. Making mistakes and fixing them is great for making heroes. Making code that everyone depends on and no one ever notices is the work of an outstanding engineer. Marty was an outstanding engineer and he was tireless in this pursuit. He laid waste to many a keyboard with his pounding style. His contributions are fundamental to all of our successes. Have a beer to our colleague, benefactor and friend --- 

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From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> on behalf of bob dalesio via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 5:25 AM
To: EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: A Tribute to our Colleague Marty Kraimer

 

Forgive the non-technical email. Marty passed away recently. As Marty has provided immeasurable support to this community, this seems like the most appropriate way to let everyone know. He was dedicated to building a collaboration on a code base - before there were any text books or scholarly papers or even a name for it - that was open-source. He was a prolific coder, open to help and take help from others. He was meticulous in the production of robust code that many would depend on to operate their facilities. Making mistakes and fixing them is great for making heroes. Making code that everyone depends on and no one ever notices is the work of an outstanding engineer. Marty was an outstanding engineer and he was tireless in this pursuit. He laid waste to many a keyboard with his pounding style. His contributions are fundamental to all of our successes. Have a beer to our colleague, benefactor and friend ---