Bill Stewart

To all: In the absence of a formal obituary notice, without which it seems a formal "In Memory" entry can not be made, I offer the sad news that our good friend and colleague Ron Taubitz passed away very suddenly on Friday, 18 February, 2022, at the age of 83. Attached here is the announce of his passing from the local Stuttgarter Zeitung.
We miss you, Ron. You were a real gentleman.

In 1983-84 I was enjoying my first long overseas tour, assigned to HQ USAFE. My dear wife enrolled in a few of UMUC's classes at Ramstein. One in speech and one on film ...  both taught by Pat Glass. The reports at home on his classroom efforts were uniformly excellent. Of course. Even then I was looking into what comes after the Air Force. Bumped into Pat at the bar in the O'Club, introduced myself, quizzed him about life as an instructor (remember that title?) for UMUC-Europe. Received some pleasant alternative facts about the dream job in response. After AF retirement in 1990 at Stuttgart and following Pat's advice, I drove up to Heidelberg. Got a job. That gig lasted the next 21 years. Saw Pat last in Heidelberg, October 2016. Reminded him of our first encounter. He repeated a caution about not believing everything a recruiter tells you. In fond memory.