TR: A Tribute to our Colleague Marty Kraimer

[Gougnaud Françoise via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hi,

I am sad to hear that. I remember my first meeting with Marty and Bob  in a café in Berlin in October 1993.The purpose was to explain me how to make an EPICS driver for a stepper motor.

His help was invaluable for the EPICS  first steps of the Saclay team.

When I met him during the EPICS collaboration meetings he was always very interested in what Saclay was doing and very kind to answer questions.

 

Françoise Gougnaud and the CEA Saclay EPICS team.

 

 

De : Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> De la part de bob dalesio via Tech-talk
Envoyé : mardi 1 février 2022 14:26
À : EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Objet : 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 ---