Obituary for John William Seward
~ A Loving Memorial Tribute To ~
JOHN WILLIAM SEWARD
February 26, 1930 – July 15, 2022
A lifelong and beyond partner, husband, entrepreneur, business partner, colleague, scholar, and friend.
(With Utmost Appreciation by Jorchin Ho Seward and Extreme Gratitude from Michigan Interface, Inc.)
Preamble: A word about my English grammar mixed in past and present tenses. This is because, though John has been transformed scientifically; but in the spiritual world, John is still living, through me. The paragraphs below are presented as if he is living.
John's Early Life in England and The Beginning of An Adventurous Life in U.S.A. -
John was born in Kingston-On-Thames, England, on February 26, 1930. He grew up in a loving, humanitarian family with wise parents and an older sister. His childhood favorite 'toy' was The Children's Encyclopedia (Arthur Mee, the Educational Book Company, 1922). A 10-volume set is one of the treasures in our residential library. During his Grammar School & University days, whenever he had time on his hands, he would go to libraries or bookstores for more reading/learning in addition to watching soccer games on weekends. His love of reading/learning continued to his last day of worldly existence. He left a volume on his desk, 'As Long As Men Can Breathe – The Untold Story of Shakespeare's Sonnets' (Clinton Heylin, Da Capo Press, 2009).
This love of learning and adventurous spirit brought John abroad after graduating from the University of Reading in England. First to Canada to join the research laboratory of Lucas Aerospace, Toronto, Canada; then to the U.S. to continue his academic studies, majoring in applied mathematics and computer sciences, at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. His native intelligence coupled with his love of learning earned him top honors in both the University of Reading and Harvard, as stated in his university diplomas.
After graduating from Harvard, John worked in the Harvard Computation Laboratory under the pioneer in computing, Dr. Howard H. Aiken, before he joined the Research Laboratory of Burroughs Corporation in Paoli, PA (where he met Jorchin – John's life-long, kindred-spirit partner). Later on, both John and Jorchin were transferred to Burroughs' Headquarters in Detroit, MI where they met another like-minded, kindred spirit, Dave Rasche, and began a long & memorable friendship. While the employment at Burroughs provided lucrative & steady income, all three (Dave, John & Jorchin) were attracted to the independent, lifestyle entrepreneurial life**. Dave was the first one to leave Burroughs and founded Michigan Interface, Inc. (MII) in Ann Arbor, MI in 1970. John & Jorchin subsequently left Burroughs and joined Dave at MII forming a unique team of business partners.
John Lived and Thrived Contentedly in Two Worlds (1972 – 2022) -
-A Challenging, Independent, Lifestyle Entrepreneurial, Business World:
John excelled in the design & development of computer software applications in all computer categories (large-scale computers, mini-computers & micro-computers). With his innate intelligence and extensive research experiences at Lucas Aerospace, Harvard & Burroughs, John brought his invaluable computer software expertise to MII. For nearly 50 years, John's contributions to MII's survival and growth were immense in two areas:
For Survival: John's quiet strength, like a solid steel pillar, provided much needed support to team members at difficult times.
For Growth: John's ingeniously designed, project-specific software applications were instrumental in MII's winning many prestigious sales contacts from clients in public sector (Federal, State & City governments), and private sector (research-oriented universities/institutions, manufacturers, publishers, etc.)
- An Intellectually Stimulating, Private World:
Being a naturally private individual with never-ending love of intellectual pursuit, John's daily life after the high-pressured, hectic, entrepreneurial business life evolved around meticulously selective reading in all subjects about western civilization, from the Greek philosophers, to the Renaissance & the Victorian period; and to the day-to-day know-how of 'How To Fix It' practical applications.
In particular, his love and joy in Shakespearean scholarship and his expertise in designing computer software applications propelled him to the design and development of a unique software product, 'The Seward's Shakespeare Concordance CD', which provides powerful investigative research tools into all Shakespeare's 37 plays and sonnets.
Being a perfectionist by nature and in training, John had devoted most of his after-business hours to the fine-tuning of this product for more than 15 years. It is the goal of MII's management to continue final testing and eventually to complete this software product for John as a fitting memorial tribute to his most treasured achievement.
John Had Been an Immense Asset to MII's Survival & Growth -
Since 1972, MII's business development has been managed under a multi-nationally-cultured and talented 3-member team with complimentary qualities and with two brilliant talents in computer technology applications encompassing large-scale, mini- and micro-computers:
First, Dave, The Founder of MII, being an ingenious expert in microprocessor-based interface designs was the senior of the team, hence he was The Chief of the team. With his talent in computer hardware interface design & integration, coupled with his American ingenuity of Know-How, 'Go West Young Man' adventurous spirit was the president, CEO, and Head of the Hardware System Design Department of MII from 1970 to 1989. In addition, utilizing his encyclopedic knowledge and project-specific, problem-solving marketing strategy, Dave brought in ALL sale contracts to MII single-handedly. In particular, when in early 1972, microcomputer technology began its entrance to the hi-tech arena, Dave managed to secure two Intel 4004 microchips, the world's First Microprocessor, directly from Intel's Co-Founder Dr. Robert N. Noyce. Thus began MII's pioneering applications of micro-computer technology in research, automation, process improvement, etc. for various institutions and industries.
Second, John, the Software Supremo of MII, was the other brilliant expert in computer software applications. With his talent in computer software applications plus years of practical experience at Lucas Aerospace, Harvard Computation Laboratory & Burroughs' Research Laboratory, John was the Head of the Computer Software System Department of MII. His software design philosophy was a constructive utilization of inquisitiveness, mathematical accuracy and perfectionism. This was reflected in his favorite quotes:
“To be (to do) or not to be (not to do)” (Hamlet, Shakespeare)
“Say what you mean and mean what you say” (Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll)
He had designed & implemented many microcomputer interface software systems for MII. His ingenuity and perfection of these project-specific software systems was, consistently, a major factor in MII's winning many sale contracts. Being gentle, realistic & patient in nature, supplemented with his English conservative, 'all-things-in-moderation' upbringing, John was always the 'Calm, Cool & Collected' member of the team. This had repeatedly created the most beneficial bond for the team.
Third, Jorchin, the junior (in many ways) of the team, has always shown the utmost admiration, respect & appreciation to the two computer experts. Educated under the electrical engineering environment, and nurtured with the traditional, Confucian Chinese common sense in human relationships, serves as the complimentary link of the team and manages all non-technical business matters of MII.
This rather unusual team has enabled MII to survive and thrive for more than 50 years through several economic down-turns. Often people would ask, with such a talented team, why MII has not propelled its business to Wall Streets? Indeed, over the years, MII has been approached by other larger businesses as well as business development marketeers to either 'buy-in' or 'go public'. Each time MII management politely declined. The answer is simple – As long as MII business is making a reasonable profit, it has been the wish of the team to remain as an independent, lifestyle entrepreneurial, small business so each team member may devote his/her 'spare time' to provide meaningful services or products to the community and for humanity at large.
John's Major Project-specific Software System Contributions to MII's Business in both public
and private sectors:
1972-1989: (Dave, The Chief, was a living member of the team) For each and every project outlined below, Dave was responsible for hardware, John wasresponsible for software while Jorchin managed the other parts of the necessary contractual & business matters. Some of the deliverable systems were provided by both MII and its sister company, United Microsystems Corporation (UMC, Ann Arbor, MI) where UMC provided off-the-shelf commercially available hardware systems and MII provided necessary hardware/software interface design, manufacturing, system integration & installation and maintenance, if needed.
– State of Michigan Contract-The Blue Water Bridge Toll-Collection Microcomputer System. (The Blue Water Bridge is between Detroit, MI, USA and Windsor, Ontario, Canada). This Contract was awarded to MII as a result of open-&-fair competition with eight other large computer companies (among others, IBM, Wang, DEC) based on the technical merit of MII's proposal offering innovative microprocessor-based complete system which was not then available commercially in 1972 for either hardware or software. So MII's proposed microprocessor-based, complete integrated system was an innovative, NEW, project- specific design system. In order to meet the contract requirement, Dave designed all microprocessor-based interfaces and John designed all necessary software interfaces including a NEW Assembler for the project. This enabled MII to comply with the contract terms for system installation within 90 days.
– City of Detroit Contracts – A total of 8 Contracts for mini-computer systems and microcomputer systems were awarded to MII based on merits of MII's proposals.
– Department of (Purchasing, Finance, Health, Police, Power & Lighting, Public Works, Water & Sewerage) and Mayor's Executive Office. All of these systems (mini-computer or microcomputer) required project-specific hardware & software interfaces designed & installed under the directions of Dave and John while Jorchin managed the other parts of the necessary contractual & business matters.
– Automotive & Other Manufacturers – General Motor Corp., Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Corp., Digital Tech, Inc., Gelman Science, Inc., Irwin Magnetic, Inc., Rockwell International, Inc. (all in Michigan), and Massey Ferguson, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
– Medical / Research – University of Michigan (UM, Ann Arbor, MI) Medical Center (Administration, Burn Center, Children's Hospital, Women's Hospital ); UM Departments (Anatomy, Astronomy, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Physical Rehab. and the Great Lakes Research Laboratory); Michigan State University/Ultrasound Lab., Lansing, MI; Henry Ford Hospital/Radiology, Detroit, MI; St. Joseph Mercy Hospital/ Pathology, Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI; Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and Warner-Lambert/Parke Davis/PALL Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI.
1990 – 2021: After the loss of its talented hardware interface designer, Dave, The Chief, MII began Federal contracting in providing only software systems and/or other IT-related services, with John being responsible for all software-related matters and Jorchin being responsible for all contract-related & other business matters.
All Federal contracts listed below were awarded to MII after rigorous nationwide competition with other IT companies under strict Federal contracting regulations. In particular, the HUD Headquarters/Document Division, Washington, DC Contract was the result of a Full-&-Open competition with over 200 bidders nationwide (among others, longtime Federal contractors Martin-Marietta, Unisys, Xerox, etc.). In this competition, the technical contract requirement was that the result of each and every OCR operation must result in at least 99.99% accuracy. Back in 1990, commercially available OCR software packages guaranteed only an average of 89% accuracy. To be qualified as an acceptable bidder, a sample file of OCR-imaging result must accompany the proposal.
In order for MII to have any hope at all of winning, John quickly & effectively developed a post-OCR-imaging software within 2 weeks to allow MII to submit a required sample file of 99.99% accuracy with the proposal. This was the major factor for MII to be awarded a 5-years contract (In spite of the fact that, as an unknown, small, mid-West IT service business without a PR agent in Washington, DC, it was an almost impossible situation for MII to win; but MII did win against all odds). Since then, MII's major business has been with the Federal agencies.
Multi-Year Contracts:
– U.S. Department of HUD/ Document Division, Washington, DC
– U.S. GSA (General Services Administration), Washington, DC
– U.S. GPO (Government Printing Office), Washington, DC and Chicago, IL
– U.S. Army/COE (Corps of Engineers), Detroit, MI and Wilmington, NC
Single Contracts, some with two to three years extensions
– U.S. LOC (Library of Congress)/NLS/BPH, Washington, DC
– U.S. DOA (Department of Agriculture) /Mycology, Beltsville, MD
– U.S. Treasury/IRS, Washington, DC & U.S. Customs, Indianapolis, IN & Tucson, AR
– U.S. DOC (Department of Commerce), Washington, DC and Ann Arbor, MI
– U.S. DOI (Department of Interior) Great Lakes Biological Services, Ann Arbor, MI
– U.S. VA (Veteran Administration) Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
For each of the above Federal contracts, John designed, developed & installed project-specific software interfaces within (usually very short) time allowed for project completion. This enables MII to fulfill contract technical requirements & Terms. It has always been a gratifying experience to MII each time a contracting officer expressed his/her compliment with 'Exceeding Expectation', followed by rewarding contract extension.
MII could not have been able to survive & thrive as a small business for over 50 years and could not have been able to maintain a relatively long record of over 30 years as an Active & Preferred Federal Contractor without John's intellectual talents and perfectionism toward project-specific software applications and timeliness of project completion.
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** Lifestyle entrepreneurs versus High-growth entrepreneurs as defined by Professor Paul W. Marshall of Harvard Business School, “Lifestyle types are driven, not by mega-growth, but by quality of service and by providing a meaningful service or product to a community.” (Reaching for Success But not Too Much of It, the New York Times, Small Business, Thursday, September 1, 2005). In other words, Lifestyle entrepreneurs have the freedom of choice of any sale opportunity if the undertaking of which is consistent with their overall goal in life.
~Dedicated to John’s legacy and composed by Jorchin
Services held in honor of John will be held privately.
Please share a tribute or memory of John on the Memory Wall.
JOHN WILLIAM SEWARD
February 26, 1930 – July 15, 2022
A lifelong and beyond partner, husband, entrepreneur, business partner, colleague, scholar, and friend.
(With Utmost Appreciation by Jorchin Ho Seward and Extreme Gratitude from Michigan Interface, Inc.)
Preamble: A word about my English grammar mixed in past and present tenses. This is because, though John has been transformed scientifically; but in the spiritual world, John is still living, through me. The paragraphs below are presented as if he is living.
John's Early Life in England and The Beginning of An Adventurous Life in U.S.A. -
John was born in Kingston-On-Thames, England, on February 26, 1930. He grew up in a loving, humanitarian family with wise parents and an older sister. His childhood favorite 'toy' was The Children's Encyclopedia (Arthur Mee, the Educational Book Company, 1922). A 10-volume set is one of the treasures in our residential library. During his Grammar School & University days, whenever he had time on his hands, he would go to libraries or bookstores for more reading/learning in addition to watching soccer games on weekends. His love of reading/learning continued to his last day of worldly existence. He left a volume on his desk, 'As Long As Men Can Breathe – The Untold Story of Shakespeare's Sonnets' (Clinton Heylin, Da Capo Press, 2009).
This love of learning and adventurous spirit brought John abroad after graduating from the University of Reading in England. First to Canada to join the research laboratory of Lucas Aerospace, Toronto, Canada; then to the U.S. to continue his academic studies, majoring in applied mathematics and computer sciences, at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. His native intelligence coupled with his love of learning earned him top honors in both the University of Reading and Harvard, as stated in his university diplomas.
After graduating from Harvard, John worked in the Harvard Computation Laboratory under the pioneer in computing, Dr. Howard H. Aiken, before he joined the Research Laboratory of Burroughs Corporation in Paoli, PA (where he met Jorchin – John's life-long, kindred-spirit partner). Later on, both John and Jorchin were transferred to Burroughs' Headquarters in Detroit, MI where they met another like-minded, kindred spirit, Dave Rasche, and began a long & memorable friendship. While the employment at Burroughs provided lucrative & steady income, all three (Dave, John & Jorchin) were attracted to the independent, lifestyle entrepreneurial life**. Dave was the first one to leave Burroughs and founded Michigan Interface, Inc. (MII) in Ann Arbor, MI in 1970. John & Jorchin subsequently left Burroughs and joined Dave at MII forming a unique team of business partners.
John Lived and Thrived Contentedly in Two Worlds (1972 – 2022) -
-A Challenging, Independent, Lifestyle Entrepreneurial, Business World:
John excelled in the design & development of computer software applications in all computer categories (large-scale computers, mini-computers & micro-computers). With his innate intelligence and extensive research experiences at Lucas Aerospace, Harvard & Burroughs, John brought his invaluable computer software expertise to MII. For nearly 50 years, John's contributions to MII's survival and growth were immense in two areas:
For Survival: John's quiet strength, like a solid steel pillar, provided much needed support to team members at difficult times.
For Growth: John's ingeniously designed, project-specific software applications were instrumental in MII's winning many prestigious sales contacts from clients in public sector (Federal, State & City governments), and private sector (research-oriented universities/institutions, manufacturers, publishers, etc.)
- An Intellectually Stimulating, Private World:
Being a naturally private individual with never-ending love of intellectual pursuit, John's daily life after the high-pressured, hectic, entrepreneurial business life evolved around meticulously selective reading in all subjects about western civilization, from the Greek philosophers, to the Renaissance & the Victorian period; and to the day-to-day know-how of 'How To Fix It' practical applications.
In particular, his love and joy in Shakespearean scholarship and his expertise in designing computer software applications propelled him to the design and development of a unique software product, 'The Seward's Shakespeare Concordance CD', which provides powerful investigative research tools into all Shakespeare's 37 plays and sonnets.
Being a perfectionist by nature and in training, John had devoted most of his after-business hours to the fine-tuning of this product for more than 15 years. It is the goal of MII's management to continue final testing and eventually to complete this software product for John as a fitting memorial tribute to his most treasured achievement.
John Had Been an Immense Asset to MII's Survival & Growth -
Since 1972, MII's business development has been managed under a multi-nationally-cultured and talented 3-member team with complimentary qualities and with two brilliant talents in computer technology applications encompassing large-scale, mini- and micro-computers:
First, Dave, The Founder of MII, being an ingenious expert in microprocessor-based interface designs was the senior of the team, hence he was The Chief of the team. With his talent in computer hardware interface design & integration, coupled with his American ingenuity of Know-How, 'Go West Young Man' adventurous spirit was the president, CEO, and Head of the Hardware System Design Department of MII from 1970 to 1989. In addition, utilizing his encyclopedic knowledge and project-specific, problem-solving marketing strategy, Dave brought in ALL sale contracts to MII single-handedly. In particular, when in early 1972, microcomputer technology began its entrance to the hi-tech arena, Dave managed to secure two Intel 4004 microchips, the world's First Microprocessor, directly from Intel's Co-Founder Dr. Robert N. Noyce. Thus began MII's pioneering applications of micro-computer technology in research, automation, process improvement, etc. for various institutions and industries.
Second, John, the Software Supremo of MII, was the other brilliant expert in computer software applications. With his talent in computer software applications plus years of practical experience at Lucas Aerospace, Harvard Computation Laboratory & Burroughs' Research Laboratory, John was the Head of the Computer Software System Department of MII. His software design philosophy was a constructive utilization of inquisitiveness, mathematical accuracy and perfectionism. This was reflected in his favorite quotes:
“To be (to do) or not to be (not to do)” (Hamlet, Shakespeare)
“Say what you mean and mean what you say” (Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll)
He had designed & implemented many microcomputer interface software systems for MII. His ingenuity and perfection of these project-specific software systems was, consistently, a major factor in MII's winning many sale contracts. Being gentle, realistic & patient in nature, supplemented with his English conservative, 'all-things-in-moderation' upbringing, John was always the 'Calm, Cool & Collected' member of the team. This had repeatedly created the most beneficial bond for the team.
Third, Jorchin, the junior (in many ways) of the team, has always shown the utmost admiration, respect & appreciation to the two computer experts. Educated under the electrical engineering environment, and nurtured with the traditional, Confucian Chinese common sense in human relationships, serves as the complimentary link of the team and manages all non-technical business matters of MII.
This rather unusual team has enabled MII to survive and thrive for more than 50 years through several economic down-turns. Often people would ask, with such a talented team, why MII has not propelled its business to Wall Streets? Indeed, over the years, MII has been approached by other larger businesses as well as business development marketeers to either 'buy-in' or 'go public'. Each time MII management politely declined. The answer is simple – As long as MII business is making a reasonable profit, it has been the wish of the team to remain as an independent, lifestyle entrepreneurial, small business so each team member may devote his/her 'spare time' to provide meaningful services or products to the community and for humanity at large.
John's Major Project-specific Software System Contributions to MII's Business in both public
and private sectors:
1972-1989: (Dave, The Chief, was a living member of the team) For each and every project outlined below, Dave was responsible for hardware, John wasresponsible for software while Jorchin managed the other parts of the necessary contractual & business matters. Some of the deliverable systems were provided by both MII and its sister company, United Microsystems Corporation (UMC, Ann Arbor, MI) where UMC provided off-the-shelf commercially available hardware systems and MII provided necessary hardware/software interface design, manufacturing, system integration & installation and maintenance, if needed.
– State of Michigan Contract-The Blue Water Bridge Toll-Collection Microcomputer System. (The Blue Water Bridge is between Detroit, MI, USA and Windsor, Ontario, Canada). This Contract was awarded to MII as a result of open-&-fair competition with eight other large computer companies (among others, IBM, Wang, DEC) based on the technical merit of MII's proposal offering innovative microprocessor-based complete system which was not then available commercially in 1972 for either hardware or software. So MII's proposed microprocessor-based, complete integrated system was an innovative, NEW, project- specific design system. In order to meet the contract requirement, Dave designed all microprocessor-based interfaces and John designed all necessary software interfaces including a NEW Assembler for the project. This enabled MII to comply with the contract terms for system installation within 90 days.
– City of Detroit Contracts – A total of 8 Contracts for mini-computer systems and microcomputer systems were awarded to MII based on merits of MII's proposals.
– Department of (Purchasing, Finance, Health, Police, Power & Lighting, Public Works, Water & Sewerage) and Mayor's Executive Office. All of these systems (mini-computer or microcomputer) required project-specific hardware & software interfaces designed & installed under the directions of Dave and John while Jorchin managed the other parts of the necessary contractual & business matters.
– Automotive & Other Manufacturers – General Motor Corp., Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Corp., Digital Tech, Inc., Gelman Science, Inc., Irwin Magnetic, Inc., Rockwell International, Inc. (all in Michigan), and Massey Ferguson, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
– Medical / Research – University of Michigan (UM, Ann Arbor, MI) Medical Center (Administration, Burn Center, Children's Hospital, Women's Hospital ); UM Departments (Anatomy, Astronomy, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Physical Rehab. and the Great Lakes Research Laboratory); Michigan State University/Ultrasound Lab., Lansing, MI; Henry Ford Hospital/Radiology, Detroit, MI; St. Joseph Mercy Hospital/ Pathology, Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI; Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and Warner-Lambert/Parke Davis/PALL Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI.
1990 – 2021: After the loss of its talented hardware interface designer, Dave, The Chief, MII began Federal contracting in providing only software systems and/or other IT-related services, with John being responsible for all software-related matters and Jorchin being responsible for all contract-related & other business matters.
All Federal contracts listed below were awarded to MII after rigorous nationwide competition with other IT companies under strict Federal contracting regulations. In particular, the HUD Headquarters/Document Division, Washington, DC Contract was the result of a Full-&-Open competition with over 200 bidders nationwide (among others, longtime Federal contractors Martin-Marietta, Unisys, Xerox, etc.). In this competition, the technical contract requirement was that the result of each and every OCR operation must result in at least 99.99% accuracy. Back in 1990, commercially available OCR software packages guaranteed only an average of 89% accuracy. To be qualified as an acceptable bidder, a sample file of OCR-imaging result must accompany the proposal.
In order for MII to have any hope at all of winning, John quickly & effectively developed a post-OCR-imaging software within 2 weeks to allow MII to submit a required sample file of 99.99% accuracy with the proposal. This was the major factor for MII to be awarded a 5-years contract (In spite of the fact that, as an unknown, small, mid-West IT service business without a PR agent in Washington, DC, it was an almost impossible situation for MII to win; but MII did win against all odds). Since then, MII's major business has been with the Federal agencies.
Multi-Year Contracts:
– U.S. Department of HUD/ Document Division, Washington, DC
– U.S. GSA (General Services Administration), Washington, DC
– U.S. GPO (Government Printing Office), Washington, DC and Chicago, IL
– U.S. Army/COE (Corps of Engineers), Detroit, MI and Wilmington, NC
Single Contracts, some with two to three years extensions
– U.S. LOC (Library of Congress)/NLS/BPH, Washington, DC
– U.S. DOA (Department of Agriculture) /Mycology, Beltsville, MD
– U.S. Treasury/IRS, Washington, DC & U.S. Customs, Indianapolis, IN & Tucson, AR
– U.S. DOC (Department of Commerce), Washington, DC and Ann Arbor, MI
– U.S. DOI (Department of Interior) Great Lakes Biological Services, Ann Arbor, MI
– U.S. VA (Veteran Administration) Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
For each of the above Federal contracts, John designed, developed & installed project-specific software interfaces within (usually very short) time allowed for project completion. This enables MII to fulfill contract technical requirements & Terms. It has always been a gratifying experience to MII each time a contracting officer expressed his/her compliment with 'Exceeding Expectation', followed by rewarding contract extension.
MII could not have been able to survive & thrive as a small business for over 50 years and could not have been able to maintain a relatively long record of over 30 years as an Active & Preferred Federal Contractor without John's intellectual talents and perfectionism toward project-specific software applications and timeliness of project completion.
________________________________________________
** Lifestyle entrepreneurs versus High-growth entrepreneurs as defined by Professor Paul W. Marshall of Harvard Business School, “Lifestyle types are driven, not by mega-growth, but by quality of service and by providing a meaningful service or product to a community.” (Reaching for Success But not Too Much of It, the New York Times, Small Business, Thursday, September 1, 2005). In other words, Lifestyle entrepreneurs have the freedom of choice of any sale opportunity if the undertaking of which is consistent with their overall goal in life.
~Dedicated to John’s legacy and composed by Jorchin
Services held in honor of John will be held privately.
Please share a tribute or memory of John on the Memory Wall.