[Elecraft] K8ZOA SK and Clifton Laboratories

[BobK8IA at aol.com]

Tnx for posting Ed. 
 
Jack K8ZOA and I were friends for a long time. Back to the days in the  
mid-late 1960's when we were in EE studies at Wayne State University the same  
time. We were lab partners in most every undergraduate EE course that had a 
lab.  That branched out to a personal friendship that lasted a long while.
 
Jack was a brilliant student and engineer. Anyone who had contact with him  
will say the exact same thing. He always had something going on technically 
 and he was fun to learn from.
 
After our BSEE days, Jack worked for the FCC (Detroit office) for a bit,  
then got his MSEE and eventually his LLD. We lost touch with eachother during 
 most of his lawyer years but reacquainted when he retired and began 
Clifton  Laboratories. I am happy that DX Engineering will continue to offer his 
fine  products
 
We even collaborated on a final project, about three years ago, when he  
asked me to help him gather old photos from our classmates, depicting the days 
 at WSU, and put an album together. Fun stuff.
 
RIP Jack!
 
73, Bob K8IA
 
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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 10:54:55 -0700
From: "Ed Muns"  <ed at w0yk.com>
To: "'Elecraft Reflector'"  <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Elecraft] K8ZOA SK and Clifton  Laboratories

>From today's Daily DX:

On Wednesday K8ZOA, Jack  R. Smith, passed away from liver, kidney and 
respiratory  complications.  He was both a lawyer and engineer working 
for both the  FCC and private practice law firms.  Jack was an inventor 
and created  Clifton Laboratories.  Earlier this month DX Engineering 
purchased  Clifton Laboratories and plans to continue manufacturing 
those "products in  the exact same fashion and service Jack did", says 
K3LR, Tim Duffy, Chief  Operating Officer of DX Engineering.

Ed  W0YK