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7/22    I deeply regret to inform everyone that Joe Wujek and his wife,
        died in an automobile accident recently. I would like to say that
        despite the relative difficulty of his courses, he was one of the
        best teachers in the EECS department and a great mentor who
        passionately believed in professional ethics. I have posted
        more information at:
        http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jeffwong/joewujek.txt

        I will miss him dearly.                 -jeffwong
        \_ For those of you who don't have cars several IEEE members on
           campus are driving down this Friday and you might be able to
           catch a ride if you are interested.  Please mail officers@ieee.
           If you have any photographs you would like of professor Wujek
           please send them to us also.  -jeff
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www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jeffwong/joewujek.txt
Many of you on > the S-PAC committee may not have had the chance to meet Joe, but he > was one of the biggest "evangalizers" of S-PACs and S-PAVes as well as > one of our most outstanding and most requested speakers. No matter > where he went, on vacation or business, he would always take personal > time to stop at the local school and talk to students about S-PAC. He > served on the S-PAC committee and is the reason that I am involved > today. I only met Joe's wife once, the > day before the accident, because I had the pleasure of spending the > day with them here in Seattle before they went on to Walla Walla. In addition, he > has spent many years fighting very hard to make sure that ethics > stayed at the forefront of IEEE and the thoughts of all the engineers > he taught. He was highly active > in IEEE at all levels and well known throughout the section. There > will be a service or them on Friday night, July, 23rd at 7:00 pm in > Livermore, CA. It will be a Catholic Service, his daughter-in-law > described it as a "celebration of their lives" and the name of the > church is St Charles Borromeo.