John W. "Doc" "Jack" Docherty III

I also worked for NSA and knew Doc from the time he came on board. He was a caring and loving friend. My late wife Kathryn Rae Stevens Kimmett left this poem for me to find after her death. It has been a blessing for me and my entire family. Death is nothing at all I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you, whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always...

I was saddened to learn today of Jack's passing. He was one of the first people I was assigned to work with at the agency's Office of Security and I learned a lot from him and will always remember his warm smile and congenial personality. May his memory always be a blessing.