🚀 go-pugleaf

I second that emotion.

An excellent teacher, a challenging professor, and a very personable 
individual who enjoyed student interaction and tried to learn all his 
students names--400+ per year.  Try isn't the right word...  he succeeded.

Goodbye Doc. He was one of the most influential profs I have ever had. 
You'll be missed dearly.
Ben


Richard F. Drushel wrote:
> 	<tears>
> 
> 	*Rich*
> 

Richard F. Drushel wrote:
> 	<tears>
> 
> 	*Rich*
> 


What happened?

Ben Langhals <bjl4@alumni.cwru.edu> wrote:

: Richard F. Drushel wrote:
:> 	<tears>
:> 
:> 	*Rich*
:> 

: What happened?

> Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 19:26:48 -0400
> From: "Edward M. Hundert, M.D." <noreply@case.edu>
> To: case-campus@case.edu
> Subject: Ignacio Ocasio

Dear Case Community,

It is with a heavy heart that I must pass along tragic news. This afternoon,
Ignacio J. Ocasio, known to everyone as "Doc Oc," passed away suddenly and
unexpectedly at University Hospitals of Cleveland.

Doc Oc, a classically trained pianist and prodigiously talented chemistry
professor, came to the Case campus in 1980. Since that time, thousands of
students have passed through his chemistry courses and have been infected by
his energy, enthusiasm, and dedication. A 1993 Wittke Award winner, Doc Oc was
a permanent fixture in the lives of students. He supported them outside the
classroom as well as inside, whether it was through his celebrity judging of
the Mr. CWRU contest, as Hudson Relay coach to the first-year class, or as
fraternity advisor.

Advisor, teacher, mentor, and friend, Doc Oc will forever remain a part of the
Case Western Reserve University family. Our community will come together to
mourn his loss at a memorial service in the fall semester, when all of our
students and faculty can be on campus to celebrate Doc Oc's remarkable life and
contributions.

We realize that many of you will want to express your feelings and share your
memories of Doc Oc, in addition to participating in his memorial. In the
upcoming week, an online scrapbook will be established to capture our memories
of Doc Oc as well as to plan for his memorial.

To Doc Oc's family and the many devoted friends, students, and colleagues who
are grieving his passing, I offer my deepest condolences.

Very truly,

Edward M. Hundert, M.D.
President

-- 
Richard F. Drushel, Ph.D.            | "They fell:  for Heaven to them no hope
Department of Biology                |  imparts / Who hear not for the beating
Case Western Reserve University      |  of their hearts."
Cleveland, Ohio  44106-7080  U.S.A.  |         -- Edgar Allan Poe, "Al-Aaraaf"

	Indeed, his loss is I think the biggest the university has suffered in 
at least my time here.  The outpouring of support and fond memories, 
though, is really touching.

	I've found that -- having not really interacted with him any more than 
greeting in passing for years -- reviving all of my fond memories of him 
and reading of everyone else's has really brought him back to life, for 
me at least.  He seems a much more real part of my life this week than 
he did last, oddly.  It also of course brings up the usual regret at not 
having spent more time with him while I could, but I suspect that's 
always true.

	And I'm especially glad to see the university soliciting ideas to 
memorialize him.  I hope they choose something really appropriate, that 
he would have appreciated, and that will truly last.

http://blog.case.edu/dococ/2005/05/16/share_thoughts_on_memorializing_dr_oc_at_case

Tom

On 2005-05-17, Tom Trelvik <ttt@cwru.edu> wrote:
> 	And I'm especially glad to see the university soliciting ideas to 
> memorialize him.  I hope they choose something really appropriate, that 
> he would have appreciated, and that will truly last.
>
> http://blog.case.edu/dococ/2005/05/16/share_thoughts_on_memorializing_dr_oc_at_case
>
> Tom

And just as a reminder, there will be an informal memorial gathering in 
Hovorka Atrium today at 3:00pm.

--Tyger