Steven Lawrence Detweiler

I am Dylan Oliveira detweiler, Steve´s grandson. Although he died while I was 2, I´m sure he was a great guy.

Steve was a great guy. We met running races while my daughter was a student at Florida. I beat Steve during our first race and believe he beat me in all our races from that point forward. Steve was a great competitor in a positive, friendly way. At some point, I suffered from undiagnosed afib. I remember a training run on a Sunday with his running group and really struggling to finish. Steve held back to insure I didn´t get lost despite my pitiful pace. Just a great guy I had the...

I met Steve while running races in Gainesville. Steve was a very competitive in a positive, fun way. I beat Steve in our first race which was the first and only time. During our next race he located me and introduced himself. We ran 2 or 3 races after that and I enjoyed the competition. All and all a great guy. I missed running with Steve after he passed. Vic Beninate

I am so saddened to learn of Steve's death. Steve was a good friend, whom I first met our senior year in college. The best word that I can think of to describe him is 'whimsical'. He had a unique way of looking at the world and never ceased to be amused by it. He remained a good and close friend over the first twenty or so years out of college, but, sadly, afterwards, we drifted apart. Nonetheless, my memories of him are as strong as ever ... in large part due to his larger than life...

I remember Steve as such a kind and sincere person. He was also so humble about his contributions to physics -- and had some very beautiful and original insights.

He was an introvert with the voice of a stentor and an ex-rugby player with a gentle nature! He would walk down the passage faster than anyone else, but one could always feel at ease with him.

He strictly did not believe in free will, and even rebelled against Quantum Mechanics while saying in typical honesty ('but I...

Steve and I were good friends in graduate school and during the time when he worked for Chandra. I will miss his ever positive attitude and his great gift for making hard ideas simple. Jim Eraker