Buzz was a great deal of things to many people. He was a loving husband, a highly intelligent engineer, a wildly creative designer and animator. He previously worked for NASA, gave live science demonstrations, built robots for competition, appeared on TV shows, and taught classes in computer animation. He was incredibly approachable and friendly at the car meets and at the racetrack. So many stories have surfaced about what a caring and helpful guy he was and how he has personally touched so many of us. He tried valiantly to get many of us to join him in playing so many of the card and board games that he loved. On a personal note, I loved talking with him at some of the meets and dinners about building trebuchets, catapults, and driving simulators. I regret never getting the chance to play a round of Cards Against Humanity (a game he often mentioned) with him. But I heard from several other club members that they had a hilarious night playing it together at one of the South Bay meets that I missed out on.
I've made a short in memoriam page on 86DRIVE for our lost friend Buzz. At the end of that are further links to some of Buzz's personal projects pages if you would like to delve more into the amazing things that he has accomplished.
http://86drive.com/2014/08/09/in-mem...t-buzz-dawson/
It also links back to this thread, please continue to share here any stories you have about Buzz.