I had the privilege to work with you,
To share your scientific aspirations.
Just like a captain, you led us, your crew,
To quest for fascinating destinations!
The contribution that you made in science,
Your passion, your enthusiasm, your ethics,
Will lighten up pathways for able minds,
Will shape them into open-minded sceptics!
I had the privilege of knowing Jon!
Today my quest for answers is suspended,
Today I’ve got the news that he is gone.
Good bye, my friend, the epoch has just ended…
On the photo Jon Hougen (left) and I, Gaithersburg, MD, 1997.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_T._Hougen