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  • Jeremiah Y Avins "Jerry"

    From donatled@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 15 09:31:16 2019
    I found out today that Jerry had passed away last April at the age of
    85.
    (17 Apr 2018). Jerry was a true polymath and had been quite a frequent
    and
    knowledgeable contributor to comp.dsp. Without formal training in the
    field, his ability to dig deep and reason out details was simply
    astounding.
    Jerry will be missed.

    Clay

    I never met Jerry but his tag line was largely a reason for my going into freelance design. His ability to cut through the noise and sort the issue
    kept me reading his posts for many years. He may have lived a half a
    planet away but none the less he was truely an inspiration.

    "Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get." -Jerry Avins.

    Don


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  • From gah4@u.washington.edu@21:1/5 to clays...@gmail.com on Mon Jan 27 01:33:25 2020
    On Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 12:33:55 PM UTC-8, clays...@gmail.com wrote:
    I found out today that Jerry had passed away last April at the age of 85.
    (17 Apr 2018). Jerry was a true polymath and had been quite a frequent
    and knowledgeable contributor to comp.dsp. Without formal training
    in the field, his ability to dig deep and reason out details was
    simply astounding. Jerry will be missed.

    Yes, I believe that reading his posts was one of my favorite reason
    for reading this group. Even more, though, he knew about some things
    that I knew from my father, or from my father's time, and I always thought
    that he was older than my father. It seems, though, that he was a little younger.

    Among others, I remember some discussions about Heathkit audio amplifiers
    that my father built, and that I had for some years before they got too
    heavy to move.

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