It is with deepest regret and heavy heart that I announce that our dear friend and long-time fellow-folder, John Andrisan, of Orange, CA, has passed away just recently.
----- John was a good friend and generous folding buddy for many of us. His interests were many and varied and his knowledge of origami, going back to the 1970s, maybe even the 1960s, was extensive. He was a very well-known and well-loved member of the West Coast Origami Guild (WCOG) that met beginning in the early 80s (I think) and is still alive, but just barely. He taught every year at the Cal State University Long Beach Origami Festival. He also taught at many other local events and festivals. He especially loved to teach Michael LaFosse’s F-14 Tomcat to the kids. He was the one who sent the emails inviting the “usual suspects” to the local origami meetings in L.A. and Orange County. Who will do this now? ----- John had a long and interesting career in the US Army, and then McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft Co, which was later bought (the computer division, where he worked) by IBM. He was a computer programmer (his degree was in Math) and later a systems programmer. (I may not have all of this completely correct, just recalling our many, many phone and email conversations since I first met him in Mar 2002. Corrections? Please speak up!) ----- John was a friend and correspondent of David Lister’s They collaborated on some projects. He and I collaborated on several origami designs that he came up with. The only one I worked to completion on was his Triangle Gift Box, which I did finish a diagram for and it was later published in a British Origami Society (BOS) publication. I also tried to get a diagram done for his stand for the F-14, but never finished that. He had other models that he designed, mostly math-based models. He would do math analysis to see what could be done with a given model, usually basing it on different starting geometries (from square to hexagon to octagon, etc). I should go dig thru my piles of diagram papers some time and gather them together. Oh, I recall he collaborated with Arnold Tubis one time on the math behind the Masu Box. I think Arnold published a book that included some of their findings. ----- John will be greatly missed ..... from Chila /// ------------------------------------------------------- Chilagami - I think, therefore I fold; I fold, therefore I am Folding for Fun in the Mojave Desert Southern California, USA [email protected] www.origamichila.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
