Lyle Dean Feisel

I worked closely with Lyle at IEEE. He will be greatly missed. My thoughts go out to Dorothy and the family.

Dear Dorothy and family,
Please accept my condolences. Not mentioned in the obit was his remarkable design, construction and monitoring the performance of one of the first earth sheltered homes here in SW Rapid City. His leadership at SDSMT was great!
Sincerely, Mark

Dear Kenny, Sorry to learn of the loss of your father. Sending prayers for you and your family.
Jean French (Schneller from Stevens HS)

I throughly enjoyed Lyle's articles in the Bent. My condolences to Lyle's family and friends.

May memories of Lyle confort you. Elizabeth Feisel

Sorry to hear of the passing of Dr. Lyle Feisel. He was my advisor as graduate student at SDSM&T. Dr. feisel was a brilliant teacher and provided excellent guidance for my future engineering career.

Dennis Krause EE 68, MSEE 70

Uncle Lyle, thank you for all the memories.
Love you, Pammy

Lyle, You always live in our hearts. Bob, Lien & She-Rae

It is remarkably difficult to come to terms with the passing of a person who you believe will always be there if you just reach out. I will be eternally grateful to the engineers and computer scientists (and those who taught them!) who made laptop computing and Zoom ubiquitous so that a small group of us who were part of the Watson School (now Watson College) at Binghamton University - the "Watson OGs" - could get together once a month during the Covid pandemic lockdown, and every month since, to stay connected. We remained a family.

Lyle Feisel has been a giant in my life since I came to work for him as he wrapped up his legacy as Watson's Founding Dean. Our visits were not frequent enough, but those engineers and computer scientists saved the day.

Since I am at a loss for words, I will point to the Oliver Wendell Holmes quote that we printed on the program for his retirement dinner (it remains pinned above my desk):

"...the great thing in this world
is not so much where we stand,
as in what direction we are moving:
To reach the port of heaven,
we must sail,
sometimes with the wind
and sometimes against it -
but we must sail
and not drift, or lie at anchor."

If I tell you that when we showed him the program, he pulled a slip of paper from his wallet bearing the same quote, will you understand?

Captain my captain, at least for today I am adrift.

Sending the pieces of my heart to Dorothy and the family <3