Tributes
Leave a tributeMary Elise was especially moving when she explained the tokens she designed and gave to each of us - a wooden guitar pick with a linux command prompt (symbolizing two passions of Bill's) followed by the 'command' "best self" (I posted a photo of the 'become your best self guitar pick' here.)
Mary Elise challenged each of us to honor Bill's legacy by doing what he did and inspired others to do each day: to strive to be and to become our best selves. What a perfect way to capture what it was to know Bill Klug, to honor his memory, and to carry forward his legacy!
Thank you, Mary Elise for your quiet, fierce sharing of your insights and your love.
I am sure that his memory will always be with us. My prayers are with him and his family.
Rodger
UCLA Alumni School of Engineering 1982
Your memory lives on Bill, we'll never forget you.
We shall miss our colleague and friend who will never be forgotten.
I want to first share the note, below, that was sent, on the evening of June 1st, to those among our extended CASIT family who knew Bill or were aware of his incredible contributions to our Virtual Tissue research project under Dr. Benharash. We meant it for all who join us here, too, as we come together in our grief and would add that this site will also, especially, help us come together in celebration of his life.
Thank you to Greg and the MAE department for creating this site.
"Dear Colleagues,
We extend our sincere condolences to each of you for our shared loss on this tragic day. It was with the greatest sorrow that we learned that our mutual colleague, William Klug, was taken from us earlier today in the shooting on the UCLA campus. We are deeply shocked and heartbroken that his vibrant life was cut short. We have few words for such a terrible loss and are reaching out in fellowship so that none of us need remain alone in our grief.
We extend our deepest sympathy in this difficult time especially to his family, his friends, his immediate colleagues, and his students.
Sincerely,
E. Carmack Holmes, MD
Erik Dutson, MD
Areti Tillou, MD
Peyman Benharash, MD
Cheryl Hein
Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (CASIT)"
But memories of you will always stay.
Leave a Tribute
Mary Elise was especially moving when she explained the tokens she designed and gave to each of us - a wooden guitar pick with a linux command prompt (symbolizing two passions of Bill's) followed by the 'command' "best self" (I posted a photo of the 'become your best self guitar pick' here.)
Mary Elise challenged each of us to honor Bill's legacy by doing what he did and inspired others to do each day: to strive to be and to become our best selves. What a perfect way to capture what it was to know Bill Klug, to honor his memory, and to carry forward his legacy!
Thank you, Mary Elise for your quiet, fierce sharing of your insights and your love.
Little League International Tribute
The post below is from the Little League International site. His co-coach and friend, Peter Gianusso, who is president of the El Segundo Little League that Bill was part of, is quoted, “There’s a hole in the heart of El Segundo Little League. Bill was one of the kindest, most light-hearted, quiet people that you'd ever meet."
We heard from Prof. Kavehpour at the Engineering School Vigil last week that baseball was a a major source of bantering in their office halls at UCLA, especially between Profs. Eldredge and Klug, with Bill being a diehard Dodger fan and enjoying the games with his young son, whom he has coached since T-ball days in the El Segundo League. In another article Mr. Gianusso is quoted as saying, that, as a coach, "Klug was the calm, never the storm. He never raised his voice above speaking voice. ... In a sea of youth sports crazy people he was the nicest and most calm guy that there was."
Thank you, Peter Gianusso, for bringing Little League Coach Klug to life for us all through your words. He was the same in our world at UCLA - the calm, never the storm.
(Note: the post also contains a link to a gofundme campaign started by the El Segundo Little League community that Bill was part of to raise funds for his family.)
http://www.littleleague.org/media/llnewsarchive/2016/May-August/little-league-mourns-william-klug.htm
Westmont College Story: An Engineering Family
This blog post on the Westmont College site is about Bill and Mary Elise Klug, who both graduated from both Westmont and UCLA with engineering degrees. I especially love this part: "Mary Elise first encouraged Bill to think about teaching. “I was a teaching assistant at Westmont and held help sessions for students. Mary Elise often sat in on them and told me I should be a teacher,” he says. “She kept talking about it.”
After hearing Dr. Kavehpour speak, at the School of Engineering vigil last Friday, about Bill's crystalline explanations of complex concepts, even on a faculty-to-faculty basis, I thought of this story and of Mary Elise sitting quietly in a Westmont classroom watching Bill's brilliance as a teacher emerge into the light of day.
http://blogs.westmont.edu/magazine/2004/11/01/an-engineering-family/