A very sad day indeed for the performance and capacity community! My condolences to his family.
Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Barry Merrill Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 12:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Don Deese DONALD RAE DEESE, 74, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at his home in Hartfield, VA. One of thirteen children, he is survived by Marilyn and Frank, as well as his sweetheart Nancy Roth, daughters Felicia Marie Deese & Carissa Ann Murray, and six grandchildren. He enjoyed sailing, skiing, and traveling. A memorial service will be on Saturday, August 27th at 11am at Andrews Funeral Home, 7192 Main Street, Gloucester, VA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be sent to Hartfield Volunteer Fire Department. Carpe Diem! Professionally, Don was a true computer pioneer, and received the 1981 A. A. Michelson Award from the Computer Measurement Group for his development of techniques to measure early computer system performance (think response time); he created the first Expert System tool to automatically detect and diagnose performance anomalies. Sadly, Barry Merrill ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
