The one time I sat with him after a Share presentation, he was super helpful and patient...sent me a copy of a not til much later published assembler book he had been working on. He was a true asset to the assembler community.
Rob Schramm On Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 5:49 PM Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > John was at SHARE in Providence in August. The week seemed to perk him up. > We were even planning an Assembler Academy until he recently took a turn > for the worse. I'm glad we got to see him then. > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 1:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Re: Dr. John Ehrman > > John was a lot more than a supporter of Greg's modification to Assembler H > and ultimately HLASM. We will miss him. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > of Tony Thigpen <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 3:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Dr. John Ehrman > > Those of you who have followed this list for years know well that Dr. John > Ehrman was the motivating force behind the development of the High-Level > Assembler (I often referred to him as the God Father of HLASM). > > I am deeply saddened to report that John passed away this morning > (Tuesday, 20 February 2018) following a protracted battle with cancer. His > wife, Tineke, reports: "He died in his sleep, and is now at peace and pain > free. John will be cremated; in the near future there will be a memorial > service at our church in Palo Alto." > > I will convey any further information on the memorial to this listing. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Rob Schramm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
