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On top of the election results, today we learnt that Trevor Beek (smiling man in the blue polo shirt), member of the space magnetometer lab for 52 years and Royal Society Hauksbee Award winner for his long service to science as a technician, passed away after a short illness. Power supplies that he built, transformers that he hand-wound, have visited most of the corners of the solar system.
I worked with Trevor for over a decade, and I cannot recall a single moment spent in his company that wasn't a pleasure.
I am in bits.
[Photo taken just over two years ago, on a beautiful September day in Whitstable, at his retirement celebration.]
I worked with Trevor for over a decade, and I cannot recall a single moment spent in his company that wasn't a pleasure.
I am in bits.
[Photo taken just over two years ago, on a beautiful September day in Whitstable, at his retirement celebration.]
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Engineering graduates are plentiful. True *engineers* are rare. It sounds like he was one of those. There almost always named either "Raymond" or "Trevor"...
[HUGS]
[IMAGINES A SCENE WHERE Trevor Beek, and the Two Rays of Maida Vale, and my own Dad (Raymond Trevor Bristow) get together at a pub in heaven. Dad is mostly silent, overawed, listening to the other three chatting about their experiences... but he does get to pipe up and say "I wish my son could have met you all".]
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*hugs*
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I lived in Whitstable for a time when doing my MA.
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Kheldar sends purrs.
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I'm so sorry for your loss - and the loss of everyone who knew him.
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