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Sharon Noble Eaton posted a condolence
Sunday, November 25, 2018
I send my deepest sympathy to Joe's family, especially his children, Joey & Amy, whom he so loved. I've only learned of Joe's great ascent to the beyond today as I was updating my Christmas card list. I hadn't received a card from Joe last December and, a bit worried, googled his name.
My late husband, Rick, and I visited RPI one summer in the 1990's and stopped by the Amos Eaton building. Rick posted a note on Dr. Joseph Flaherty's door challenging him, as possessor of the Amos Eaton chair, to contact him as he was a direct descendant, as was his uncle Dick Eaton, of Amos Eaton. The next thing we knew is that Joe & another professor flew into Tweed-New Haven Airport and came for a luncheon at our home in Guilford, CT with "Uncle Dick" and us. Both my husband and his uncle knew that the time had come to find whatever the family still possessed of Amos Eaton's work a fitting archival home. Joe made this possible and RPI acknowledged Uncle Dick's donation in ways much more meaningful than a tax deduction. I have a photo of Joe, Rick & Dick that I'd be happy to share with family.
I'll always remember Joe's "twinkling" eyes, good spirit, and the warmth of his wife, Lori, on a later visit to their home, dinner at a wonderful restaurant, and, of course, a visit to the Saratoga racetrack.
Though he was a eminent computer science pioneer, with all its demands, Joe kept alive the wonderfulness of who was as a person, husband, father and friend first.
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Thursday, April 19, 2018
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Georges and Marlene Belfort posted a condolence
Friday, April 13, 2018
Dear Amy and Joey,
We're so sad to learn of the passing of your Dad, our dear friend Joe. With tears in our eyes, we remember him clearly from encounters at RPI, from events with Lori, including parties at the house, and from visits with him at the house after Lori left us. Joe was an extraordinary intellectual and had a great love of life, whether with his dear family, flying a plane, at the race track, or selecting a good bottle of wine. Over the past 12 years he reinforced our memories of our dear friend Lori. We held both Lori and Joe up as exemplars of living a life of fine values, and balancing family life with academia, as giants in their own fields and loving spirits for their family and friends. We send you our condolences. Joe will be greatly missed. We will see you at the celebration of his life at RPI, to honor his memory and you. Much love
Marlene and Georges Belfort
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Nick posted a condolence
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Unfortunately, I only had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Flaherty in the last several years. He was an incredibly generous and patient man, as one fall I underestimated leaf cleanup around his property needing to return several times to try and finish! I will remember the good company, the delicious food and drink we shared together with his family at New Year's and also our visit to the Scottish Games. He always had those twinkly eyes, sense of ease and good humor. You will be desperately missed; rest in peace.
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John Johnson posted a condolence
Monday, April 2, 2018
My condolences to Joe's family. I met Joe via an association with one of my RPI fraternity brothers. Joe was his PhD advisor. We met at Saratoga Race Course, where a group of us alumni, together with family and friends, would gather each summer. Joe quickly integrated with and became a cherished member of our group, sharing many handicapping theories. Despite all of the assembled brainpower it was one problem we could never solve. We'll raise a toast to him this summer.
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Bayla Wald posted a condolence
Monday, April 2, 2018
Please know how badly I feel about the passing of your beloved Father and friend...
Joe meant a lot during the time We worked together.
Contact stopped when my Herm got ill....
Hopefully you all will accept my sympathy...
Thought about him often.....he was my friend !
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William M. Conlon, P.E., Ph.D. posted a condolence
Sunday, April 1, 2018
My first impression of Joe Flaherty is still vivid -- smiling countenance, friendly and approachable, lively and enthusiastic. This was probably in the fall of 1974, down the hill in the Carnegie building, for a class on numerical methods, which was an important subject for nuclear engineers back then. He taught us how to program while also teaching us how to approach and solve problems, and those lessons remain useful and a part of my toolkit.
We crossed paths while I was a grad student at the Gaerttner Lab and he spent some time there collaborating with my thesis advisor and others. I would go out to lunch at Duncan's Dairy Bar with some of the faculty, and shared a table with Joe a few times.
Over the years, my RPI friends would mention him fondly, because he'd had a big impact on their lives.
My condolences to Joe's friends and family.
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Friday, March 30, 2018
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Wesley posted a condolence
Friday, March 30, 2018
Professor Flaherty was a wonderful person, adviser and mentor. When I was learning Finite Element Methods from him in the 90s, he would write long convoluted equations on the board from memory, or maybe he would derive them on the fly -- he was capable of doing both with ease -- and then he would just as easily go back through the equations eliminating unneeded terms until what was left was simple and elegant.
He used this gift for simplification elsewhere as well. I used to enjoy writing papers with Joe. He would strike a few words or move around a few phrases and suddenly the thought I was struggling to explain would be made clear. I thought I was a decent writer up until that point, and his pages of red lines were initially discouraging, but it made me a better writer and a better researcher. I don't think I rejected his suggestions more than a few times -- mostly disagreements about commas -- but I probably should have accepted those corrections as well. I used to joke with Joe about owning stock in red pens, but most of his marks were easy to incorporate into the text. However, along with the copy editing, Joe would occasionally throw in a "thought bubble" like in cartoons. In the bubble he would ask a "simple" question or speculate on some result. Some of these seven or eight word questions required weeks or months of effort to answer, but in the end, I think a good deal of my favorite parts of my thesis came out of answering thought bubbles.
We will miss you Joe. God rest.
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Donna Carr posted a condolence
Friday, March 30, 2018
I am so deeply sorry for your loss. I feel so honored that I had the chance to work with your father for five wonderful years while in Computer Science. Joe was an amazing boss, and friend, and I am so thankful that I could be part of his team. My favorite memory of Joe was going to the track at Saratoga. He would let each of us pick a horse, and I chose "4 Star Dave." Everyone, including Joe, made fun of my horse because they said my horse couldn't win a race if it was the only horse running. However, I stuck to my guns and 4 Star Dave won. I can vividly remember how excited Joe was that day, and it was truly a day I will never forget.
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Kevin Cavanaugh & John Martin posted a condolence
Thursday, March 29, 2018
It is with great honor that we again serve the Flaherty family. We are privileged to celebrate the life of a truly great man and also reunite him to his beloved Lorraine after 12 years apart.
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