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December 11th, 2007

Remembering Gene Golub, 1932 - 2007

The book Matrix Computations by Gene Golub and Charles Van Loan sits on the bookshelves of many MathWorks employees. Professor Golub, one of the founding members of the Stanford University computer science department, is a revered figure in the area of numerical analysis and matrix computations.

We were very sorry at MathWorks to hear that Professor Golub passed away last month at the age of 75. His contributions will live on in modern scientific and engineering computing.

Loren Shure
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One Response to “Remembering Gene Golub, 1932 - 2007”

1. Tim Davis replied on December 12th, 2007 at 7:36 pm :
   

   Gene invited me to do a sabbatical at Stanford in 2002-2003. He was a good friend, and I miss him. He would often ask about my kids, and would bring them coins from his many travels. His impact on the field was tremendous, but more than that: he was a good friend of many, and a father figure in more ways than one.

   You can read comments, and leave your own, at a memorial blog: http://genehgolub.blogspot.com/ . What is stunning to read there (209 comments as of Dec 12) is how wide an impact he made on so many people. I wrote him a poem to say goodbye: Baruch Dayan Ha’emet is a Jewish blessing said when hearing of a loved one’s death (”blessed is the true judge”).

   My words, they fail to do their part,
   to touch the feelings of my heart.
   Yet I shall try; goodbye, dear Gene,
   My heart is sad, my loss is keen.

   Baruch Dayan Ha’emet,
   in justice dwells our God, and yet,
   his mercy deep and ever pure,
   is our true hope, our anchor sure.

   Goodbye, “doc svd”.

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