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It is with sadness that we as Trustee's bring forward this news that we have |
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recently received. Ferris Ellsworth McCormick, better known as fmccor, has |
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passed away unexpectedly on the 5th of August. His family does not wish to be |
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contacted. We have expressed our gratitude for his contributions on behalf of |
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the Community. |
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Ferris studied mathematics in college at Indiana University, graduating in 1968 |
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with a Bachelor of Arts. Later he entered into the Law school at the University |
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of Michigan, earning his Juris Doctor degree in 1991. |
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He passed the bar in Michigan that same year and has continued to be an |
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actively certified Lawyer with the State of Michigan since then. He was also a |
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member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). |
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Ferris joined Gentoo on April 16th 2004 as part of the sparc team and improved |
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sparc support for the entire open source community. Within a year he also |
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joined the Developer Relations team to help with mediation of any issues that |
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might come up between people. As time went on Ferris continued to expand and |
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assist Gentoo in many ways including assisting with the User Relations team and |
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growing to become the Strategic Manager of the sparc project. Finally, he |
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became a trustee and the Vice President of the Foundation assisting in getting |
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the foundation back into good standing. |
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While it is too late to say in person, the Foundation would like to thank |
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Ferris once again for all that he did for both Gentoo and the Open source |
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community. He will be missed. |
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Please join the community in eulogizing Ferris in our forums [1]. |
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1. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5930501.html |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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