Sharing memories, finding hope
Martin was a graduate student in Dr. Kuperberg’s lab at Tufts when I joined as an undergrad RA in 2008. I came to know him as the guy who wrote scripts in Perl, drank tap water from a Pellegrino bottle, and covered for me the time I got stuck in traffic driving back to campus to run a subject. But...
There will be a Mass with intention for Martin said at 7pm Sunday, January 28 at the Holy Comforter- Saint Cyprian Catholic Church which is located at 1357 East Capitol Street, Washington DC
One time around 2008 we were sitting in the back of the NeuroCognitionLab weekly meeting at Tufts, bored with the speaker, and were whispering about how our martial art (Soo Bahk Do) is a homonym for “watermelon” in Korean. I mentioned that I always had a fantasy of punching through a watermelon, at which point Martin said “I’ll provide the...
I remember like it was yesterday when this young man from Poland was first introduced to me. OMG, he was so stiff that I thought he was about to crack and I wondered how my daughter would make out with this young man. I learned later that the stiffness was actually an overabundance of courtesy and respect for my role....
It’s taken me a bit to get to the point to be able to write something, but my dear friend Martin Paczynski passed away last week, and I’ve written a memorial for him on my blog. There, I cover the more scholarly aspects of our relationship. I leave out the more personal… Like his inspiring my love of cycling, or how we’d...
I met Martin during our freshman year at Vassar. I was never without my camera, and he was my willing subject. He went on to “star” in several of my student films. He was my buddy, my willing companion for any number of adventures. He gave the best back rubs. I recall the semester he borrowed his father’s car, which...
No words I try to put together sound right, but here are some words. I met Martin on February 17, 1995. He quickly became my best friend. At Vassar, I’d meet him on his campus patrol route to bring him a V8 Picante (which the later renamed “spicy hot” to both of our dissatisfactions. We’d go on runs to Price...
In looking for pictures of Martin, Picasa’s “people” function showed me about 50 shots of him. It was like watching him in person, the expressions changed from photo to photo, sometimes slightly. It was a wonderful reminder of his many facets which I won’t try to en umerate here. I’m pleased with the pictures I found but disappointed also:...
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I was Martin’s colleague and supervisor here at Wright State University, where we worked closely together up until the time he passed away. Martin was one of the first people hired into our new group last January. We were excited to have someone with his impressive research pedigree and breadth of background (from psycholinguistics to machine learning to neurophysiology) joining...
Martin was my very first PhD student at Tufts University. He came to my job talk and, when I got the job, he asked me if I was accepting students. I am so glad that I said yes. Martin threw himself into the field of psycholinguistics, linguistics and electrophysiology. He helped countless lab members with their experiments. He produced masterly,...
Dear Friends, We have planned a memorial service for Martin Paczysnki, on Monday January 22, 2018 from 6pm to 8pm. The service will take place at Blessing-Zerkle Funeral Home 11900 North Dixie Drive Tipp City, OH 45371. The funeral home has set up a site for the service, http://blessingfh.com/book-of-memories/3404808/Paczynski-Martin/service-details.php A brief reception will follow in the event room of Martin and Jenne’s...
Jenne asked me to set up a site where everyone who knew and loved Martin could post memories, pictures, and thoughts. To contribute, click here to register for an account. If you do not wish to create an account or wish to remain anonymous, send an email to memorial at this domain, and a site administrator will post it on...
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