For my Dear Friend Lorrin Gale

Priscilla, Kent, Carolyn,
Paul, Garry, Lynn, Cathy, we all grieve with you.

Lorrin touched many folks during
his lifetime and the relationships formed were strong and memorable. We all
extend our condolences.

Hey, Dr.

Here we all are… numb, sad, and full of grief and disbelief. God called you
home and we must accept that.  So
what can I say to all your friends gathered here…?

When Lorrin had something to say,
and it seemed he always did, he'd often start with these four words:

"Let me tell you!"

That was a signal that you were
going to be listening for a long time, and you were going to be enlightened on
whatever the subject happened to be.

And
so….I'd like to start with his same 4 words!

Let me tell
you…!

I met Lorrin when I went to Digital
24 years ago.  He had already
embarked on his mission to significantly accelerate
the application of custom semiconductor technology to Digital's future
products.  His vision, supported by
his ability to attract top talent and his non-stop enthusiasm, was realized in
less then two years. That vision eventually spawned the fabrication of the
state of the art semiconductor facility in Hudson, and the design of world class Alpha
microprocessors. These high performance microprocessors are still fueling the
development of industry leading servers and clusters.

After Digital, driven by his
entrepreneurial spirit, Lorrin founded and led Masscomp and Augment.

In all his
endeavors, Lorrin’s methodology was consistent: start with a clear and sound
vision, attract and nurture top talent, lead with passion and enthusiasm, and
most of all, foster teamwork and a fun environment.

Although he was a great mentor, he was also an
enthusiastic student.  Many years
ago, he asked me to teach him how to play tennis.  He was already an accomplished badminton
player, so tennis came easy to him.

He took on
tennis with the same zeal, passion and enthusiasm that he applied to everything
else.  Shortly after he felt
comfortable with the game, and we were playing ad hoc matches, he came to me
and said: “Let me tell you…
we need to get organized.”

By now, I knew
this meant that he had a vision, and for us, tennis was never going to be the
same again.  All of a sudden, we had
a plan, location, schedule, criteria for membership,
weekend events, annual parties, and a new rallying cry for his partner at the
beginning of each new match: “Let’s
kick ass”.

Last Wednesday evening, Lorrin was
doing one of the things that he loved most, playing tennis with his friends. He
was laughing, joking, having an all around good time, and yes!,
he was kicking ass!.  In addition,
those few friends surrounded him with the love, the care, and the prayers that
all of you would have provided. My hope is that we can all derive some comfort
from this.

At this time, I'd like to share
with you a few excerpts from some of the many letters I've received in the past
few days:

"I have
known Lorrin for more than 30 years. He was perhaps my most

important mentor, as well as a friend. I miss him, and undoubtedly will

miss him more as time goes on. He was a good man..."

Jack Burness

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"This is
indeed sad.  I have many fond
memories of Lorrin ranging from his

enthusiasm for anything new, to music,
to how he dealt with established

processes and people.

It sounds like
he went short & sweet doing exactly what he wanted.

Perhaps his
greatest talent was to get so many really neat people that we

all worked with.

My condolences
to his family

Gordon Bell

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"I spoke
with Lorrin only a few weeks ago - this is very sad news.  I am

leaving the
country on business this after noon and will not be able to

attend the
services - but I will stop what ever I am doing at 1pm on Monday

April 3rd to
remember the friendship of a very good man."

Gary  McGuire.

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And so… Dr.,

Let me tell you…

Thank you
for being my friend, our friend;

Thank you
for being my confidant, our confidant;

Thank you
for being my mentor, our mentor;

And most of all, thank you for your
enthusiasm, warmth, humor, and compassion.

Lorrin, you will always be with us,
continuing to provide guidance and inspiration.

And
so in closing, I have one final request…

As
soon as you get settled, and I’m sure you have a plan, get the tennis
organized up there.

I’m looking forward to playing with you again
and to hear you say….

Let’s Kick  Ass !!!

Lou Tancredi

April 3, 2000