I'm at a loss for words at the moment and can't think of much to say that I didn't say in my book, which, in hindsight, may kinda sorta be the closest attempt at a biography of Don, but I will say that I never ever met a more generous, supportive, enthusiastic person in the world. He and his wife Maryann, who passed away in 2022, were incredibly generous.
He was an inspiration to us all, and to the world, which he made a better place.
-- Brian Dear, author of "The Friendly Orange Glow", announcing the passing of Dr Donald L Bitzer
[Meta - I got my start in computing through the good graces of Dr Bitzer in March 1974, and it led to my lifelong career. And of course "trvth" itself originated on the University of Illinois PLATO system in notesfile =pad in February 1981, and has always been maintained on some PLATO system, somewhere. Currently these posts are hosted in notesfile =pad on the "cyber1" CYBIS system (more info at cyber1.org).]
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