Image above borrowed from : www.vulcan.com/
Earlier this week I sent a note around to the families of the STRONG project about the death of tech icon and uber philanthropist, Paul Allen. Mr. Allen started out as a partner to Bill Gates and created the Microsoft empire. At age 30 he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease and quit the company to pursue his own path. This path was amazing and over the decades he created philanthropic organizations under the umbrella of Vulcan Inc. to support the arts, culture, science and exploration, environmental and humanitarian causes and even owned a few sports teams such as the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers. A trailblazer he was for sure. In 2009 he was diagnosed with and treated for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Complications from a recurrence of the disease recently resulted in his death.
Over the past few years, he even allowed for the use of his company time and resources to attempt to locate the STRONG DD467. So far, she has eluded their technology and did not show up within the coordinates set down by the Navy data. However, the fact that he was on board with this boggles the mind and I am forever grateful to the crew of the OCTOPUS in 2015, David Mearns of Blue Water Recoveries, LTD and the crew of the PETREL early in 2018 (thanks Paul,Rob and other guys!) for the efforts. It saddens me to no end that I will never be able to thank him in person. I had hoped one day to bring him a bottle of good Kentucky wine and some Buffalo Trace bourbon balls (my gift of choice, the best bourbon balls ever) and just say, "thank you Paul". So, I sent a note to his sister Jody in a condolence card. Knowing the thousands of cards and letters the family may receive, I doubt she will ever see it, but I thanked Paul through her. It will have to be enough for now.
If anyone else would like to send a card or condolence to the family, the address of Vulcan Inc. is below:
Vulcan Inc. at 505 5th Avenue South, #900, Seattle, WA 98104
I'm also adding a few links to articles and to the Vulcan website so you can see the depth of his commitment to improving and educating the world he lived in. May his missions and works live on.
Vulcan Inc.: http://www.vulcan.com/
CNBC article: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/15/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-of-cancer-at-age-65.html
-Tammi
Earlier this week I sent a note around to the families of the STRONG project about the death of tech icon and uber philanthropist, Paul Allen. Mr. Allen started out as a partner to Bill Gates and created the Microsoft empire. At age 30 he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease and quit the company to pursue his own path. This path was amazing and over the decades he created philanthropic organizations under the umbrella of Vulcan Inc. to support the arts, culture, science and exploration, environmental and humanitarian causes and even owned a few sports teams such as the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers. A trailblazer he was for sure. In 2009 he was diagnosed with and treated for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Complications from a recurrence of the disease recently resulted in his death.
Over the past few years, he even allowed for the use of his company time and resources to attempt to locate the STRONG DD467. So far, she has eluded their technology and did not show up within the coordinates set down by the Navy data. However, the fact that he was on board with this boggles the mind and I am forever grateful to the crew of the OCTOPUS in 2015, David Mearns of Blue Water Recoveries, LTD and the crew of the PETREL early in 2018 (thanks Paul,Rob and other guys!) for the efforts. It saddens me to no end that I will never be able to thank him in person. I had hoped one day to bring him a bottle of good Kentucky wine and some Buffalo Trace bourbon balls (my gift of choice, the best bourbon balls ever) and just say, "thank you Paul". So, I sent a note to his sister Jody in a condolence card. Knowing the thousands of cards and letters the family may receive, I doubt she will ever see it, but I thanked Paul through her. It will have to be enough for now.
If anyone else would like to send a card or condolence to the family, the address of Vulcan Inc. is below:
Vulcan Inc. at 505 5th Avenue South, #900, Seattle, WA 98104
I'm also adding a few links to articles and to the Vulcan website so you can see the depth of his commitment to improving and educating the world he lived in. May his missions and works live on.
Vulcan Inc.: http://www.vulcan.com/
CNBC article: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/15/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-of-cancer-at-age-65.html
-Tammi
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