COFFIES is heartbroken to share that our emeritus project manager, Rock Bush, passed away on Sunday, June 7. Having seen him at our January All-Hands meeting, vibrant and excited about COFFIES’s progress, this comes as a shock to our community. Our condolences go out to his family, including his wife Carolyn and son Aaron.
Rock served as the COFFIES PM during Phase I and continued to help in Phase II as Dave Lauben joined us and got his bearings. He had also been part of the SpaceLab 2 flight operations before joining the Stanford Solar Physics Group. He believed strongly in the COFFIES science, mission, and people. Before COFFIES, Rock was integral to the development of MDI, AIA, HMI, and IRIS, and played a huge role in getting our solar observations to where they are today. And beyond all of that, he was just fun to be around. He will be sorely missed.
Shea Hess Webber
On behalf of the CET,
Representing the entire COFFIES Team