Steven Holzner

This is coming in late, but it is just now that I've just stumbled on news of Steve's death. Steve and I were close friends in 1980 in the Cornell physics programme. Cornell wasn't working out for me, but having a friend in Steve made it much better. His kindness, good humour and intelligence were apparent to everyone he came into contact with. I'll remember enjoying cups of herbal tea together (fenugreek was a favourite) as he told tales of his father's antropological journeys to Libya...

I was learning Java in 2001 because the new I.T. Manager at the Timeshare Headquarters in Little Rock Arkansas decided we were doing away with Cobol programming language. I bought Steve´s Java Black Book. One day I discovered an error (or what I thought was an error) in one of the examples in his book. I sent an email to Steve showing what I had found. He would preface his examples in the book with "The Big Boss came by and...". He responded to my email with "I showed this to The Big...

I don't even remember why now I decided to google Steve today to see what he's been up to. We haven't been in touch for a while but back in the mid 80's we spent much time together at Wilson Lab Synchrotron at Cornell where I was a undergrad and he was so much smarter and wiser - yet he was so easy to talk to and always willing to help, as well as talk about fun things such as "Zork". He was so smart, and yet so down to earth and friendly. I'm so sorry to learn of his passing - my deepest...

I am an admirer of Steve Holzner's work and writing style. While searching for books he had written, I came across this obituary. My condolences for his loss; it appears he was as outstanding an individual in-person as he lives on in his work. I hope his books will continue to be published so that they can help countless students and learners in the future.

I am an admirer of the books and teaching style of Steven Holzner and while searching for his most recent work was deeply saddened to find out that he had passed away in September 2013. He was a remarkable polymath and a superb intellect who still had a great deal to offer, had he been allowed more time. His phenomenal output in diverse subjects will continue to be an excellent resource for guidance and knowledge to countless students all over the globe.

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I will always remember Steve as the BEST instructor ASK Graphics & Training had. His classes consistently received the highest reviews from the students.
I will also remember Steve as a friend, he was easy to talk to and never had a cross word, well maybe a little when the computers at Fed Ex were giving him fits.
I always enjoyed hearing about and seeing the pictures of his trips with Nancy and how she was the LOVE of HIS LIFW. I also remember Steve telling me about a book Nancy wrote...

Steve was my super-brainy cousin with the great sense of humour.
Our families spent some great summers @ the Holzners' summer home in Austria.
We were not in touch much as "grown- ups" so my memories of Steve will always be as a kid, laughing and enjoying life in the mountains and lakes of Austria.
I will always remember his smile and laugh.
Love to all the Holzners.

Steve and I became friends after I moved to Ithaca from Manhattan and he came here to work on his PhD at Cornell. We met through our attendance at the Friends Meeting of Ithaca and soon discovered a shared interest in writing. My office was downtown on the Ithaca Commons in those days, and Steve was living downtown. We developed the routine of meeting at a local coffee place nearly every week to talk about The Writing Life, as Steve put it, and to trade drafts of various things we were...