Graham Triggs (DSpace Committer Emeritus) passed away

[Tim Donohue]

All,

Sadly, I wanted to pass along news that Graham Triggs passed away on Tuesday, May 25th. This unfortunate news came via the VIVO community (and via a family member on Facebook).

Those who have been in the DSpace community for a while will know Graham was a major contributor to making DSpace what it is today. He became a DSpace Committer back in 2007 and contributed heavily to improving the software until around 2011, when he moved on to a new job/role. Even then, he kept his feet in open-source software & eventually made his way to the VIVO community where he contributed until his passing.

Graham's impact on DSpace can be felt throughout the codebase (as any developer who has looked at the code comments can attest). To this day, he's still #5 on the list of most code contributions to DSpace: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/graphs/contributors

Anyone who got to know Graham personally knows that he had a kind heart, a good sense of humor, and a passion for open-source software. He could be strong with his opinions at times, but it came from that deep caring. I know I had plenty of friendly technology disagreements with Graham over many a beer, and we always seemed to come away with a shared solution that made DSpace better.

My condolences go out to Graham's family & friends worldwide. Graham, we all owe you a sincere debt of gratitude for all you gave to DSpace & open source in general. You were a good friend & you will be deeply missed.

Cheers to you Graham,

Tim

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Tim Donohue

Technical Lead, DSpace

tim.d...@lyrasis.org

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