He and I worked at 'TMC Systems' for several years. He moved to the Microwave
company later. It was in the same building which "Dynamic Systems Electronics"
had built a few years earlier. I also worked for them as a start up company.
Bob Traynor was one of the most brilliant people I knew. Yes, He died at the
age of 54, like his father. He was playing Soccer with his son and had a heart
attack when they got home. I had dinner with him about two months earlier. I
still miss the discussions we used to have. I named him as Co -Inventor on the
one patent I went after. He was a great help getting all the t's crossed and
i's dotted.
It's a small world isn't it?
I can't recall the name of the company now, but I consulted on a
number of projects, linearizing the control curve on some VCOs and I
designed a few substrate heaters.
Bob Traynor was my contact within the company. I'll have to dig thru
my paper archives and see what I can find.
I did the heart attack thingy when I was 58, but I survived with no
heart muscle damage because I beat it to the emergency room when I
realized that something wasn't quite right... had the attack with a
whole crew of doctors standing by, who immediately administered a clot
buster. Then a few days later they placed a stent (LAD).
Your mention of "patent" reminds me that it was my patent attorney,
Joe Roediger, who told me of Bob's death.
...Jim Thompson
