Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Chris Fortunko, 1949-1998
From: Wolfgang Sachse <sachse@msc.cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:15:10 -0400 (EDT)

Hello LU's -

I was hesitant about posting anything to LUG regarding
Chris' death but I see that others have posted so I can't
resist the following Leica (related) story. I think it says
a lot about Chris as well as the LUG when one sees the
thoughtful postings which have recently appeared.

Chris and I go back 20+ years. We are working in a similar
field and although he was in California more recently in
Boulder and I in Ithaca, we stayed in touch. A lot more
frequently since I bought my first M6, three years ago!

For the moment I can't find the wonderful picture someone
took of Chris and me visiting the roof(that's all we got to
see!) of a university high-rise in Brno (Czech Republic)
three Summers ago. He had an M6 around his neck. Instead
I've decided to post the picture of Chris giving a lecture
at a workshop last May at the Asilomar Conference
Center. Ironically, it was at exactly the same place that
Chris suffered his first heart attack last week.  The URL
is:
	http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~sachse/chris/

Nothing special about that photo (it's just a snapshot) but
please know that it was taken with an M6 and 35f1.4 Summilux
(to keep it on topic!)

And as Chris would end: "Best of light"

- -- Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Sachse   Cornell University  http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~sachse/
sachse@msc.cornell.edu  +1 (607) 255-5065 (secy: 255-5062; fax: 255-9179)
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