GERALD-COHEN-Obituary

GERALD COHEN

New York, New York

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American Diabetes Association

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COHEN--Gerald David. On Thursday, December 3, Gerald Cohen, son of the late Frances and Leo Cohen, passed away at age 85. The founder and CEO, Gerald later served as Chairman of the Board of Information Builders, Inc. (ibi), once the largest privately held software company in New York City....

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Time flies but good people like Gerry are always in our . Gerry is missed for sure.

Always had a great time with Pam and Gerry, where ever you guys are please order the METOTM!

I cut my teeth in the MIS industry in the early 1980s using DFOCUS. I met Gerry a few times while attending user group meetings. A nicer man you would never meet! Always willing to spend time with his FOCUS programmers whomever and wherever they were. My condolences to his family.

The Dorian Wind Quintet extends its sincere condolences to family, friends and colleagues for the loss of Gerald. Though we never met in person, he was from all descriptions an extraordinary man.

I am the flutist of the Dorian Quintet which Pamela and Gerald had generously supported in recent years. I received a thank-you note from Gerald with a Westchester postmark of December 28, obviously written weeks ago, in response to a condolence letter I had sent him after Pamela died....

Gerry Cohen. What a great guy! I am of the era having joined LEO Computers in 1962 and after various positions in IBM I joined IB in UK in 1993. It was here that I met Gerry (and the wonderful Pam). Such an interesting man with his hand firmly on the pulse. I imagine that as a product developer in IB it must have been quite tough with such a qualified and informed executive officer.
The culture he engendered was years ahead of the times. Gerry was never short of time to help solve a...

Gerry’s kindness and humility was constantly shown in building a family environment with all his employees. His legacy will continue through all of the people he touched.

Gerry was an incredible man and so was his lovely wife Pam. They will be greatly missed. ❤

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Rest well .... thank you for being a wonderful person.