Please accept our deepest sympathy at the loss of your father. We enjoyed having your parents as neighbors for 50 years. We have many wonderful memories.
Sincerely,
Karel and Helena Cihak
I would like to add a bit of humor for all of you who knew Don
Don and several others had a series of meetings one day in Washington DC; the meetings were with the research arms of DOD.
They took a lunch break and decided to reconvene after lunch.Nearby was a Legal Seafoods restaurant and apparently Don loved fried clams; however he also had some sort of seafood allergy. Needless to say Don missed the afternoon meetings; I think you can guess why,
I knew Don both as a coworker at UTC as well as a friend
He was one of the most brilliant scientists I knew as well as a humble soul; never getting credit for all of his many patents as well as the many scientific breakthroughs. Plus he was always a gentleman.We shared many stories about our children and sometimes crazy relatives
My daughter Lynne and Tim Maricle both swam together for the town of Glastonbury rec team and I
finally realized Tim was grown up when Don told me that he had only a short call to Tim since Tim had to coordinate some drone strikes in Iraq.
And please don’t forget how fashionable Don was in his llbean clothes; earring the nickname Dandy Don
Rip old friend; see you soon
As Don once said “I worry when you tell me not to worry”
