Leonard Zubkoff
Leonard Nathan Zubkoff[1] (December 19, 1957 – legal death August 29, 2002)[1] was an American computer scientist and cryonicist. He joined the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in 1988. He was an active member of Alcor's suspension team for many years and also provided advice and assistance with Alcor's computer systems. He became an Alcor Advisor to the Board of Directors in June 2002.[1]
Life and educationПравить
He was born in Seattle, Washington and earned a master's degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University after graduating summa cum laude in mathematics and physics at the University of Rochester. He moved to the Bay Area in 1985 to become the principal scientist for a Menlo Park company developing artificial intelligence software.[2]
In 1994, he joined Oracle Corp., the database software giant located in Redwood Shores, as principal member of its technical staff. He worked at Oracle by day and spent nights at home refining an alternative "open source" computer operating system known as Linux, to make it run better and faster on all kinds of computers. He continued that work when he joined VA Linux Systems, Inc., a Fremont company later known as VA Software Corp., as chief technical officer in 1998. He retired in 2001 and moved to Crystal Bay, Nevada.[2]
Accident and cryopreservationПравить
On August 29, 2002, he was flying a helicopter over a lake with an experienced flying instructor, in the Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness near Ketchikan, Alaska. For reasons unknown, but possibly relating to air turbulence, the copter took a flip-dive into the cold water, landing upside down; the two aboard were casualties mainly by drowning.[3]
His cryopreservation was brain-only, starting with a mandatory autopsy in Anchorage before his remains were reluctantly released by the medical examiner and transported to Alcor.[3] His Alcor identifier is A-1194.
The Leonard N. Zubkoff Memorial Award was named after him.[4]
SourcesПравить
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Leonard N. Zubkoff. Cryonics 2002 #3 (page 15 of the file)
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 In Memoriam. lee-high-alumni.org
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Patient Profile: Leonard Zubkoff. R. Michael Perry. Cryonics 2006 #1 (page 19 of the file)
- ↑ Klockgether Named Recipient of First Annual Zubkoff Memorial Award. Bill Haworth. Cryonics 2002 #4 (page 11 of the file)
External linksПравить
- Patient Profile: Leonard Zubkoff. R. Michael Perry. Cryonics 2006 #1 (page 19 of the file)