[Ipg-smz] Sad news to report about one of our IPG members

[David Needle]

All good Brian. I should’ve taken a clue from Tekla not posting anything on FB for several days.

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> On Mar 25, 2019, at 4:57 PM, Brian Santo <thedukeofdefinition at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I just now realized my post could be interpreted as chastisement, Dave. That was in no way my intention. I felt that my passing along Eric's and Tekla's request to their friends and colleagues in this forum would be little different than Susan Hassler passing along the request to Eric's & Tekla's friends on the staff of IEEE Spectrum. 
> regards, 
> b
> 
>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 4:33 PM David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thank u for that Brian. I wrestled with whether to post anything. Completely understand where they are coming from and respect their request for privacy. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 25, 2019, at 2:37 PM, Brian Santo <thedukeofdefinition at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Tekla and Eric are asking that we not further publicize the news. 
>>> 
>>> This is the request, which comes via Susan Hassler, the editor of Spectrum, where Tekla works: 
>>> 
>>> " Although some folks have started posting about this terrible news because of Stanford's release, which got picked up by the Mercury News and other news outlets, she asked us, the current Spectrum team, for total social media silence for the moment. We'll respect that till she says otherwise"
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 2:34 PM Dana Blankenhorn <danablankenhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> The unimaginable. 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 5:16 PM David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I am sorry to have to report the extremely untimely and tragic death of Tekla Nee’s son Mischa who died in Spain during a hike while on a school trip . He was a junior at Stanford. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I’m sure I speak for everyone in expressing deep, DEEP, condolences to his wonderful parents Tekla and Eric.  
>>>>> So very sorry for your loss.
>>>>> 
>>>>> - David
>>>>> 
>>>>> This letter was sent out to students:
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://news.stanford.edu/2019/03/23/vice-provosts-message-students-death-stanford-undergraduate/
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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