Dear nmusers, It is so sad that Tom Ludden is gone. I remember well his many contributions to NONMEM. He was one of Stuart's original fellows and thus one of the original users of NONMEM. He was the voice of calm during the panicky days after Stuart Beal's unexpected death. Tom pitched in to help me finalize NONMEM 6 - a task I could never have done on my own. He was always calm and thoughtful and friendly and smart. And then he was able to recruit Bob Bauer (Tom recognized the need for an exit strategy!) The many tributes to him in this nmusers thread are inspiring. -- Alison Boeckmann
On Fri, Aug 2, 2024, at 3:51 PM, Bauer, Robert wrote: > Dear Nmusers: > The PK/PD scientists here at ICON express our sincere condolences on the > passing of Tom Ludden. As mentioned by several already, Tom was very > instrumental in transitioning the NONMEM software development from the labs > of Beal, Sheiner, and Boeckmann at UCSF, to Globomax, then to ICON. The > development team at ICON was greatly aided in adding additional features from > NONMEM VI to NONMEM 7 with his expert direction and his connections with many > in the PK/PD modeling and population analysis community offering their inputs > regarding desired features (and fixing a few bugs!). Tom continued with > ICON all the way through the development of NONMEM 7.2 before his retirement > in Spring 2011, and oversaw the incorporation of dynamic memory allocation, > as well as parallel computing that were first incorporated in that version, > which was a significant milestone in the performance of NONMEM. In a > retirement speech some years ago Tom expressed that his greatest desire was > that he was useful to the PK/PD and pharmacometrics field. He certainly > accomplished this in a way few of us can ever hope to achieve. > > > Robert J. Bauer, Ph.D. > Senior Director > Pharmacometrics R&D > ICON Early Phase > 731 Arbor way, suite 100 > Blue Bell, PA 19422 > Office: (215) 616-6428 > Mobile: (925) 286-0769 > robert.ba...@iconplc.com > www.iconplc.com > > > > ICON plc made the following annotations. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This e-mail transmission may contain confidential or legally privileged > information that is intended only for the individual or entity named in the > e-mail address. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance upon the > contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > e-mail transmission in error, please reply to the sender, so that ICON plc > can arrange for proper delivery, and then please delete the message. > > Thank You, > > ICON plc > South County Business Park > Leopardstown > Dublin 18 > Ireland > Registered number: 145835 -- Alison Boeckmann alisonboeckm...@fastmail.fm
