jurek@JMULLINS.STANFORD.EDU (Jerzy Jurka) (01/12/91)
Donald Vaughn Faulkner has passed away last week. We knew Don as a brilliant young colleague who mastered computers and biology to a degree difficult to match by anybody. He played a crucial role as co-organizer of the Molecular Biology Computer Research Resource with Temple Smith at Harvard. I had distinct privilege to meet and work with Don in that group. He was in command of stubborn computers which many times would not work for anybody but him. Don generously shared his knowledge, talents and time with anybody who asked for his help. He was loved and respected by us. Don is survived by his most loved ones: wife Laura, little daughter Megan, parents and two sisters. He is also survived by our community which continues to benefit from his work. Don is best known for development of Multiple Aligned Sequence Editor (MASE, TIBS 13:321,1988) and a widely distributed public domain software developed at MBCRR. Don continues to contribute to our every day work but we all miss him so much. Jerzy Jurka Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine jurek@jmullins.stanford.edu