Thursday, January 16, 2020
I had the good fortune to call Dennis a great friend and mentor for more than forty years. We first met as work colleagues at SED Systems when I was a young project technician and Dennis an (almost as young) project engineer. We shared many exciting and sometimes stressful adventures on projects that SED delivered to various agencies of the federal government, the Canadian scientific community and international clients. His calm demeanour, unfailing integrity and honest approach to dealing with whatever challenges came along earned the respect of everyone that Dennis worked with. On a personal note, we often got together with our young families to socialise on weekends, to celebrate birthdays or share our vacation time at Waskesiu. As time went on and I chose to pursue a career path outside of SED, we remained lifelong friends and members of our little SED alumni club. We made a tradition of gathering for lunch periodically at Cheers/Mcguires/Thirsty Scholar to reminisce and resolve the most pressing issues of the day. I for one will forever treasure the quality time that I was able to spend with Dennis.
Judy, our heartfelt thoughts and condolences go out to you and your family.
Andy & Doreen
