Jake Pacansky

Jake I met Jake in 1975 when I joined the IBM Research Center and found him to be very friendly, helpful and full of advice. I always listened to him, in part, because he would remind me that he was my elder by 5 weeks. We had a daily 10 am "go for coffee" routine, and regularly met for lunch. We shared some travel to conferences, and he made the trips enjoyable. He certainly knew his way around the cities on the east coast; I would just hang on. On long flights, I slept during the...