[J3] [SC22WG5.6553] Dan Nagle

[Damian Rouson]

This is a very big loss and sad news.   I texted Dan during the WG5 meeting
in Boulder in July 2022 to ask whether he would stop by the meeting, but he
replied that the weather was too hot.  I met Dan when he attended one of
the first Fortran tutorials I ever taught with Karla Morris and Salvatore
Filipppne hosted by NERSC in 2012.  Dan later hosted a tutorial that the
three of us we taught at NCAR, which ultimately led to connections and
collaborations that continue to this day.  I quote Dan often in sharing
with me his philosophy on designing Fortran features: enable programmers to
communicate properties of their code rather than specific compiler
optimizations.  That greatly affected my thinking on how to program.  Dan
will very much be missed.

Damian

On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 13:46 Steve Lionel via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org>
wrote:

> Sad news - my email to Dan had been bouncing for a while, and I had asked
> various J3 members if they had heard from him recently, but nobody had.
> When I get details on the tribute, I'll pass them along.
>
> Steve
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Fortran Committee, Dan Nagle
> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:37:01 -0400
> From: JAMES NAGLE <dobrojim at verizon.net> <dobrojim at verizon.net>
> To: steve at stevelionel.com
>
> Mr Lionel,
>
> I’m writing in case you were unaware of the passing of my brother, Dan
> Nagle, who, assuming I’ve not been misinformed, was a long time member of
> the Fortran Committee and someone you may have known or known of, from his
> work on that Committee.
>
> Dan died in his home in Longmont CO officially on date Aug 7 2023.
>
> As his brother and executor, I wanted to inform the members of the
> Committee that I have
> planned a Memorial tribute for Dan to be held June the 1st. It physically
> will be located in Herndon VA not far from where Dan lived for many years
> in Reston VA. There will be a
> Zoom option available for those who wish to participate but would find it
> difficult to travel.
>
> If you can be of any assistance in sharing this information with other
> members of the
> Committee who worked with or knew Dan, I would be most grateful.
>
> What I am planning for the event is simply a gathering of people who knew
> Dan
> and might be willing to share whatever recollections they feel would be
> appropriate
> from their interactions with him.
>
> If you have no idea what I am talking about, please do let me know so I
> can know that I have more work to do in reaching the folks I want to reach.
>
> Thank you
>
> Jim Nagle
>
>
>
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