Terry Woodsworth

The thing that made Bob special was more than just his being who he was.

As important as his early work was in the science side on the DNA and DNA sequencing and how that could tell us something about the evolutionary history and all that stuff.

We were stunned.

I was stunned.

I mean, it was like, what in the world?

He was a good guy, yeah.

There could be quirky aspects of him sometimes, but he was basically well-loved and very likable.

He didn't talk about himself a lot.

He really didn't.

He was focused on what was going on and all that business kind of guy and stuff.

But he also had a sense of humor, and I began to sense that as we'd have meals and stuff together.

I knew that that was just a real tragic time when she was ill and he was trying to take care of her and then basically woke up one morning and she was gone.

You know, that was tough.

I knew about Jesse going to NC State.

He was very proud of him.

Michelle at JMU.

He was very proud of her work because she was interested in some similar things as he was.

Clara, I think he talked about that it was really hard when Joan died.

It was hard on him.

I mean, gosh, he's ending up being a single dad.