Tuesday, May 28, 2024
I am very sorry to hear of Eric's death. This is a message from Tom Peters who knew his whole family when he was born in Ithaca. The families had been friends since Berkeley days when my father was his TA in physics under Robert Oppenheimer, and Bruce a student. We moved to Rochester NY and Bruce, Carol, Derry to Ithaca where Eric was born, and we saw each other often. Eric's father Bruce followed my father, Bernard Peters in his career to Bombay and Copenhagen, and I knew Eric in Copenhagen and Switzerland too. Missed him in Bombay because I had left before he arrived. We had not been in contact for many decades, but I did not expect him to die so early as Bruce lived to be 101, but I don't know about his mother: I have/had no contact with Carol, but was closer to Betty, his step mother, whom we all loved. You all know the story with Carol, I do not need to rehash that.
Best regards, and my sincere condolences. I regret his death - Eric was a really good guy!
- Tom: tomfpeters@gmail.com
