Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Hawley, Scott R]

I keep BB in my address book, out of respect for the "guru", RIP Bruce!

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On
Behalf Of R Hey
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:04 PM
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Subject: Re: Bruce Black passed away

To my regret & sorrow, I just found out about this, searching the
archive for 
ERV.

I don't remember doing a me-too reply before, so this is not one
neither.

I'm really moved & shaken by reading all the replies.

BB was one of my most favourite posters of all times. I used to read
every one 
of his posts.

Some poet, somewhere on this rock we all live on, wrote a poem a few 
centuries ago, saying:

If you could fly, you'd be a fly;
If you could walk on water, you'd be a twig;
Find your way into somebody's heart, to be somebody.

I think BB was truly blessed & a lucky man, judging by all the replies I
just 
read. 

I wish God would use a much bigger ERV for good people.

RIP BB.

Regards,
Rez  

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[R Hey]

To my regret & sorrow, I just found out about this, searching the archive for 
ERV.

I don’t remember doing a me-too reply before, so this is not one neither.

I’m really moved & shaken by reading all the replies.

BB was one of my most favourite posters of all times. I used to read every one 
of his posts.

Some poet, somewhere on this rock we all live on, wrote a poem a few 
centuries ago, saying:

If you could fly, you’d be a fly;
If you could walk on water, you’d be a twig;
Find your way into somebody’s heart, to be somebody.

I think BB was truly blessed & a lucky man, judging by all the replies I just 
read. 

I wish God would use a much bigger ERV for good people.

RIP BB.

Regards,
Rez  

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Petersen, Jim]

I always knew I would get a straight answer from Bruce, no matter what
the subject.  Integrity, he had it.  I was also educated every time I
worked on a problem with him.  He didn't just fix it.  He let you know
how he fixed it.  He will be sorely missed both here and at Innovation.

 
 
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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Thompson, Steve]

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For at least 10 years before that, Bruce was easily the most active
poster 
in the NaSCOM BBS, long before we discovered the Internet and IBMMain
came 
to dominate the world we live in.  LONG LIVE BLACBRUK.

Regards,
Tom Conley 


Thanks for that. I had been trying to remember how long I'd read things
from Bruce and I'd forgotten the NaSCOM days.

Folks, there are many of us that have headed off into the sunset that
were quite active on NaSCOM. Many have gone silent.

I just am really at a loss for words. Many have said great things, but
for this type of situation all I can do is sit here. I hate to just be a
me too, but I'm just not good with this kind of thing. 

When it is my time, just remember to bury me 9 edge down (from Ode to
the Programmer).

Regards,
Steve Thompson

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Pinnacle]

- Original Message - 
From: "Jousma, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: Bruce Black passed away



I'm surprised no one pulled this tidbit up to remember Bruce.  From
Google:

Top posters:
All time
4471 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3769 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3622 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3419 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2507 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2217 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2104 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2088 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2041 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1980 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Notice Bruce is #3 on the all-time list with 3622 posts, only following
our very own mainframe historian Shmuel.

His first post(that made it to google with this email addr.) was July
30, 1997 watch the wrap
(http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.ibm-main/tree/browse_frm/th
read/5495f814e3de20c/79eef89fe2a9b122?rnum=1&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fbit.listse
rv.ibm-main%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F5495f814e3de20c%2F79eef89fe2a9b122%3
Ftvc%3D1%26#doc_b389972a3af4954b)

And his last post(again that made it to google with this email addr.)
was June 8, 2007 watch the wrap.
(http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.ibm-main/tree/browse_frm/th
read/fae3d199b7d68282/1e3d95fa59afed5a?rnum=1&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fbit.lists
erv.ibm-main%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2Ffae3d199b7d68282%2F59cf642c20f11cdd
%3Flnk%3Dgst%26q%3D%26#doc_59cf642c20f11cdd)



For at least 10 years before that, Bruce was easily the most active poster 
in the NaSCOM BBS, long before we discovered the Internet and IBMMain came 
to dominate the world we live in.  LONG LIVE BLACBRUK.


Regards,
Tom Conley 


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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Ken Porowski]

 
I first met Bruce back in the mid/late 80's as part of a local NaSPA
chapter (SPONJ - Systems Programmers of New Jersey).  He stuck with us
as long as we lasted (2 years or so, the memory is fading) and even held
a few meetings at Innovation in Little Falls.  He was always supportive
of us in those days.  I also managed to meet him a couple of times at
SHARE or MVS EXPO vendor areas, IIRC Innovation didn't let him get out
much .  I was always impressed by his postings on IBM-MAIN with
never a disparaging word and always an honest willingness to help.  His
postings IMHO did more to raise my impression of him and Innovation as
the 'nice guys' of the industry.  Although I can't say I knew him
personally beyond the above interactions, he set a standard that will be
hard to follow.

Bruce, you will be missed, /*EOF.

Ken Porowski
AVP Systems Software
CIT Group
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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Craddock, Chris]

> I'm surprised no one pulled this tidbit up to remember Bruce.  From
> Google:
> 
> Top posters:
> All time
> 4471 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 3769 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 3622 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

> Notice Bruce is #3 on the all-time list with 3622 posts, only
following
> our very own mainframe historian Shmuel.

Actually he's #2, since the first two are both Shmuel! I don't think
words can adequately describe our loss. He really was a great guy in
real life as well as online and his life long store of knowledge can't
be replaced. We are all poorer for his passing.

CC

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Jousma, David]

I'm surprised no one pulled this tidbit up to remember Bruce.  From
Google:

Top posters:
All time
4471 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
3769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
3622 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
3419 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
2507 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
2217 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
2104 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
2088 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
2041 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
1980 [EMAIL PROTECTED]  

Notice Bruce is #3 on the all-time list with 3622 posts, only following
our very own mainframe historian Shmuel.

His first post(that made it to google with this email addr.) was July
30, 1997 watch the wrap
(http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.ibm-main/tree/browse_frm/th
read/5495f814e3de20c/79eef89fe2a9b122?rnum=1&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fbit.listse
rv.ibm-main%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F5495f814e3de20c%2F79eef89fe2a9b122%3
Ftvc%3D1%26#doc_b389972a3af4954b)

And his last post(again that made it to google with this email addr.)
was June 8, 2007 watch the wrap.
(http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.ibm-main/tree/browse_frm/th
read/fae3d199b7d68282/1e3d95fa59afed5a?rnum=1&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fbit.lists
erv.ibm-main%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2Ffae3d199b7d68282%2F59cf642c20f11cdd
%3Flnk%3Dgst%26q%3D%26#doc_59cf642c20f11cdd)



Dave Jousma
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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Anton Britz]

Vista X64 ? ..

You did not get the X128 version it's got less BLACK holes in it... 
and no ZIIP/ZAAP processors.


Anton

Ray Mullins wrote:

I am playing catch-up from fighting (and still fighting) Vista x64 fires on my 
own computer that has blocked my reading of e-mail...and I find this.

I don't do "me too" type stuff, but here I must.

Bruce was an excellent (and that word is not encompassing enough) contributor 
to this list; I have saved mails dating from 1995 with tidbits that he 
contributed, including one that helped me avoid a RACF violation abend with DIV 
by being able to issue a RACROUTE with the proper information.

I will be lighting a virtual candle at the web site mentioned in the e-mail 
from FDR.

Ray

  


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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Ray Mullins]

I am playing catch-up from fighting (and still fighting) Vista x64 fires on my 
own computer that has blocked my reading of e-mail...and I find this.

I don't do "me too" type stuff, but here I must.

Bruce was an excellent (and that word is not encompassing enough) contributor 
to this list; I have saved mails dating from 1995 with tidbits that he 
contributed, including one that helped me avoid a RACF violation abend with DIV 
by being able to issue a RACROUTE with the proper information.

I will be lighting a virtual candle at the web site mentioned in the e-mail 
from FDR.

Ray

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> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Russell Witt
> Sent: Monday, 05 November, 2007 08:47
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Bruce Black passed away
> 
> I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend.
> 
> Those of you that knew Bruce know that he had been in poor health for
> some time, but things were looking better. So this has come as a
> surprise to many of us.
> 
> The folks at Innovation will keep Bruce's email address active for some
> time, so if you want to send condolences to the family you can send
> them to Bruce's email address at Innovation and they will forward them
> along to his family.
> 
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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Michael Seeman]

I've been lurking this site for many years and, up to this point, had nothing 
significant to contribute, however; the news of Bruce's passing really had an 
impact.   It is unusual to have an individual of Bruce's caliber so accessible, 
and will to share his immense storage management knowledge so freely.   I'll 
miss his contributions to this forum.   

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Andy Robertson]

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Knutson, Sam]

For many of us Bruce was the most frequent contact with Innovation and
he represented the company very well.  He was a pleasure to work with
both as an FDR customer and as a vendor who had to understand what
Innovation products (FDRPAS) were doing.  He had a wealth of knowledge
about MVS I/O and was willing to share whenever he was allowed.  He was
a good man who has gone to a good mans rest and he will be missed.  

Peace,

 Sam Knutson 

-Original Message-
IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 11/05/2007
09:47:08 AM:

> I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend.
>
> Those of you that knew Bruce know that he had been in poor health
> for some time, but things were looking better. So this has come as a
> surprise to many of us.
>
> The folks at Innovation will keep Bruce's email address active for
> some time, so if you want to send condolences to the family you can
> send them to Bruce's email address at Innovation and they will
> forward them along to his family.
>
> Russell Witt

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Graeme Gibson]

Sad news.. at 60 he was young.  I only knew Bruce through IBM-MAIN 
but his well-mannered posts easily earned him my respect.


Vale Bruce.

At 03:47 AM 11/6/2007, you wrote:

I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend.
 


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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Eric Bielefeld]

I've never personally met Bruce, but once I or twice I called him and talked 
to him on the phone.  He was a great person to talk to.  I think I last went 
to Share in 2004 or 2005.  I tried meeting him then, but he wasn't by 
Innovation's booth.  I only got to talk to (I think) Pat Fitsimmons, my 
sales rep, who is an interesting person also.  Bruce was always fair, and 
really knew the things he commented on when responding to this list.  As so 
many have said, he will be missed.


Eric Bielefeld
Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434 


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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Glen Gasior]

A terrible, terrible loss. A friend to all in the profession. A man who set
a high standard for all to emulate.
- Glen


On 11/6/07, Dave Juraschek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Russ:
> Thanks for letting us know.
>
> Our industry has suffered a major loss.
>
> I totally agree with the other comments attesting to the fine person that
> Mr.
> Black was, and I'm so grateful for his humble, willing and cooperative
> spirit.
> Mr. Black was truly an example of absolute professionalism and competance.
>
> May he rest in peace, and may his family only see comfort and blessing in
> this
> time.
>
> -Dave
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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Dave Juraschek]

Russ:
Thanks for letting us know.

Our industry has suffered a major loss.

I totally agree with the other comments attesting to the fine person that Mr. 
Black was, and I'm so grateful for his humble, willing and cooperative spirit.  
Mr. Black was truly an example of absolute professionalism and competance.

May he rest in peace, and may his family only see comfort and blessing in this 
time.

-Dave

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Ed Finnell]

 
In a message dated 11/6/2007 9:25:57 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Our job  now is to be inspired.




>>
What's the old quote '10% inspiration, 90% perspiration'. Much of Bruce's  
knowledge was gained by making things work in spite of the documentation,  
especially on the RCA Spectra and FACOM boxes.



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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Doyle Banks]

I am sorry to hear of Bruce's passing. The things that always struck me when I 
spoke with him were:
- his incredible knowledge
- his ability to transmit that knowledge in understandable terms/language
- his attitude of being of service to others
- his respectfulness toward others regardless of their level(s) of knowledge.

May he rest in peace and blessings to his family, friends and co-workers who 
knew him personally.

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Mike Baldwin]

>- Original Message 
>From: Russell Witt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend.

Shocking news.

Bruce was an inspiration, with his decades of detailed knowledge, problem-
solving ability, willingness to share, sense of humour, and importantly his 
respectful tone.  I've thought before, if only in 20 years I could contribute 
at 
the level of Bruce Black.  I didn't foresee this...

Our job now is to be inspired.

Regards,
Mike Baldwin
Cartagena Software Ltd.

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Walter Marguccio]

- Original Message 
From: Russell Witt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend. 


Very bad news.
I've never met Bruce personally, nor spoke with him. I've always learned 
something reading
his posts, he was very skilled and willing to help. I got the impression he was 
a wise, good man.

I am very sorry.

Walter Marguccio
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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Andrew N Wilt]

I am very sad to hear this news. I had always looked forward to meeting
Mr. Black someday. I had great respect for him through his responses
on this list. His ability and willingness to equally answer questions about
FDR as well as DFSMSdss spoke volumes to me about his character. I
was always impressed that he always answered the questions fairly and
didn't try to 'sell' FDR over DFSMSdss. His type of character seems to
be increasingly rare. I will miss his contributions to the list.

Thanks,

 Andrew Wilt
 IBM DFSMSdss Architecture/Development
 Tucson, Arizona


IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 11/05/2007
09:47:08 AM:

> I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend.
>
> Those of you that knew Bruce know that he had been in poor health
> for some time, but things were looking better. So this has come as a
> surprise to many of us.
>
> The folks at Innovation will keep Bruce's email address active for
> some time, so if you want to send condolences to the family you can
> send them to Bruce's email address at Innovation and they will
> forward them along to his family.
>
> Russell Witt

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)]

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
11/05/2007
   at 10:47 AM, Russell Witt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend. 

I'm too shocked to know what to say, but may those who knew him keep his
memory alive. He will be missed. Zichrono lvrachah.
 
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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD.]

Several times over the years, Bruce's posts have helped me one way or the 
other.

Any person who contributes their time and effort to help others, as Bruce did, 
deserves much respect. The best way to do this, I think, would be to try and 
mimic his helpfulness and courtesy. I'm a big talker and of limited knowledge 
in 
so many technical spheres but I hope I get the opportunity to practice what I 
preach.

May he rest in peace.

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Elardus Engelbrecht]

Thanks, Russell for taking the trouble to notify this community.

May Bruce rest in peace and may God bless him and his family as well as the 
people at Innovation.

Other death notifications in 2 years on this list.

May 2006 - Grace Hopper
Oct 2006 - Ralph Griswold
Dec 2006 - Don Marquardt
May 2007 - Jim Keohane
Aug 2007 - Peter Pfaffner 

I will really miss Bruce's good sense of humor.

Groete / Greetings

Elardus Engelbrecht

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[nafez]

I am very sorry, he was kind and very cooperative man, all the mainframe 
people will miss him.


Nafez AlBesheeti

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Subject: Bruce Black passed away



I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend.

Those of you that knew Bruce know that he had been in poor health for some 
time, but things were looking better. So this has come as a surprise to 
many of us.


The folks at Innovation will keep Bruce's email address active for some 
time, so if you want to send condolences to the family you can send them 
to Bruce's email address at Innovation and they will forward them along to 
his family.


Russell Witt

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Re: Bruce Black [passed away]

[john gilmore]

Taken all for all, I shall not see his like again.
 
Bruce and I agreed about many of the deficiencies of this list; but he was less 
intolerant than I: He had larger human sympathies.  [Subliterate, too generic 
[post] subject lines angered me, for example; he noted and deplored them 
without judging that much if anything could be or, finally, needed to be done 
about them.]
 
He was a consummate programmer and a radically attractive human being, in a 
word irreplaceable here and, I suspect, in many other contexts too.  John 
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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Roland Schiradin]

Shocking news. A great loss. We will miss him. Tnx for the info 

Roland

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Bill Wilkie]

Having worked at Innovation many years ago, I had the pleasure of knowing 
Bruce and what you saw was what you got. A great technician, a wonderful 
human being and a class act. This is very sad news for all of us who knew 
him and for those who will now never have that opportunity.


Bill



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Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 11:21:34 -0600

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:47:08 -0600, Russell Witt wrote:

>I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend.

Thank you for letting us know.  I never had the pleasure of meeting Bruce,
but I came to have the greatest respect for him.  He knew his stuff and
was always willing to help.
Innovation and this list will not be the same without him.

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Gary Green]

Oh my...  This is terrible news.  I, like many in this group, knew Bruce for 
years and years.

I too will miss him.

Rest in Peace Bruce. :(


 On Mon Nov  5 10:47 , Russell Witt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:

>I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend. 
>
>Those of you that knew Bruce know that he had been in poor health for some 
>time, but things were looking better. So this has come as a surprise to many 
>of us. 
>
>The folks at Innovation will keep Bruce's email address active for some time, 
>so if you want to send condolences to the family you can send them to Bruce's 
>email address at Innovation and they will forward them along to his family.
>
>Russell Witt
>
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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Farley, Peter x23353]

I did not know Bruce personally or professionally, only via this list, but
in all of his postings he was always professional and competent.  He will be
missed.

Thank you Russ for letting us know about this sad event.

Peter

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Tom Harper]

Russ,

Although I know Bruce had been having health issues for some time, this
is indeed a time of grief. 

Bruce had been one of the very special people in this business for a
very, very long time. Even though his products have long been considered
the epitome in every category from function, stability, performance, to
price, he was always working to extend those qualities. He had a
perspective of the software business that few others will ever be able
to achieve. Yet he was always the first to contribute an answer, either
here on IBM-MAIN or privately, and never asked for anything in return.
Bruce was one of the most knowledgeable persons in channel programming I
have ever known, including many CCWs that were never publicly
documented. I doubt if the community will ever recover the loss in
information that passed on with Bruce. He was truly one of a kind, and
he will be sorely missed. 

Tom Harper  

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Behalf Of Russell Witt
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:47 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Bruce Black passed away

I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend. 

Those of you that knew Bruce know that he had been in poor health for
some time, but things were looking better. So this has come as a
surprise to many of us. 

The folks at Innovation will keep Bruce's email address active for some
time, so if you want to send condolences to the family you can send them
to Bruce's email address at Innovation and they will forward them along
to his family.

Russell Witt

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[David Andrews]

I cannot, this one time, resist a "me too" post.

Bruce was spectacularly competent, well spoken, professional in every
sense of the word -- and a heckuva nice guy.

I will indeed miss him.  Thanks for letting us know, Russ.

- Dave

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[Tom Marchant]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:47:08 -0600, Russell Witt wrote:

>I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past weekend.

Thank you for letting us know.  I never had the pleasure of meeting Bruce, 
but I came to have the greatest respect for him.  He knew his stuff and 
was always willing to help. 
Innovation and this list will not be the same without him.

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Re: Bruce Black passed away

[McKown, John]

> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Witt
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:47 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Bruce Black passed away
> 
> 
> I am very sorry to say that Bruce Black passed away this past 
> weekend. 
> 
> Those of you that knew Bruce know that he had been in poor 
> health for some time, but things were looking better. So this 
> has come as a surprise to many of us. 
> 
> The folks at Innovation will keep Bruce's email address 
> active for some time, so if you want to send condolences to 
> the family you can send them to Bruce's email address at 
> Innovation and they will forward them along to his family.
> 
> Russell Witt
> 

I am in shock and dismay! He will be greatly missed.

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