[AccessD] Drew Wutka memorial ideas

    This is a question that remains has eternally defied any logical answer: Why should some one so exceptionally gifted, in prime of his life, leave us all of a sudden - out of turn? 

    While one has to come to terms with inevitability of life & death, losing a genius like Drew in this untimely manner, comes as a rude shock to us all. He happened to be approximately 35 years younger to me and I have not had the opportunity to meet him personally.

    Despite the fact that Drew worked on a different plane, with dazzling brilliance, he was ever more than willing to help. With him on board, there was always the re-assurance that if any programming problem became too intricate, Drew would find a way. 

    It is so sad that God's special children are often granted only a short time in this world. 

A.D. Tejpal
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Arthur Fuller 
  To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving 
  Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 02:54
  Subject: Re: [AccessD] Drew Wutka memorial ideas


  He taught me most of the stuff I know. I can't figure out why I am 10 years
  older and still alive. He was a very very very smart person.

  A.

  On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Mark A Matte <markamatte at hotmail.com>wrote:
  >
  > I agree.  Drew was also listed as "one of the giants of AccessD" in
  > Martin's book.
  >
  > Not sure his family knows that...but I think this is a good representation
  > of how he was viewed and appreciated by the list as a whole.
  >
  > Mark A. Matte
  >
  >
  > > Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 21:32:09 -0400
  > > From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
  > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
  > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Drew Wutka memorial ideas
  > >
  > > I think they should be forwarded to the family. They might not know he
  > was "published".
  > >
  > > John W. Colby
  > > Colby Consulting
  > >
  > > On 10/5/2011 8:25 PM, Susan Harkins wrote:
  > > > I was trying to think if his mom would like my copies of the articles
  > we wrote -- some of them were
  > > > in print, in IMA and a few others. I thought about sending her the
  > actual journals. It seems kind of
  > > > silly, they won't really want to read them, but... do you think she'd
  > want them? He probably got a
  > > > copy, but if they find them, they probably won't realize what they're
  > dealing with -- will most
  > > > likely think they're just old technical journals and throw them out. On
  > the other hand, they might
  > > > not care -- I just don't know -- it's not like they're great literature
  > or anything, but I think...
  > > > if it were my son, I'd want them. I just don't know what to do.
  > > >
  > > > Susan H.
  > > >
  > > >
  > > >> One of the things that is especially helpful to children struggling
  > with
  > > >> grief is a memory book. Since our memories of Drew are "virtual", we
  > > >> couldn't contribute photos or such, but the archives must have many
  > threads
  > > >> that include the outrageous exchanges we had over the years with Drew
  > in
  > > >> there fanning the flames. I wonder if it would be possible to put
  > something
  > > >> together with snippets of his humor and insight and some typical
  > teasing
  > > >> that might serve to remind her as the years pass of the kind of person
  > her
  > > >> father was. Those could be put together in a scrapbook of sorts using
  > > >> online services and sent to Drew's family. We could even collaborate
  > with
  > > >> them in creating something like that that included photos and such
  > they
  > > >> would like to use to remember him and to preserve his memory. I we
  > covered
  > > >> the cost, that would be a great memorial, and we could provide copies
  > for
  > > >> each member of his family.