I am saddened to hear about Mikey, I was a coworker and friend of Mikey’s, I got to know him, as his mentor when he first started in the Mechanial Engineering Consulting world, he soon showed his abilities and soon became my boss. He was personable and always made you feel like you mattered. We spent many years working together, but always found time to do other activities together, such as golfing, darts, poker, hockey, running(see story ant the end) and even elastic wars in the office. I mention the elastic wars because Mike had a knack of letting the elastic band go and hitting himself in the eye, more than once, we couldn’t stop laughing. There were hail storms while golfing, I was driving therefore I turned the cart so I wouldn’t get hit but Mike, sitting beside me, took the hail and laughed while getting pummeled, our foursome couldn’t stop laughing (maybe a few beers aided in finding it funny). He was always a good sport about everything. I knew he would go running at lunch, so I told him I would run with him, thinking i was in reasonable shape, well, not 5 min. Into our run, I told him to go on, I’ll meet him back the office. Needless to say, he loved to run, and was very good at it. I am honored to have called him a friend, gone to soon never forgotten.
