Celebrating one of our own: Dr. Harry Foxwell
Last Friday evening I had the fortunate pleasure of being invited to an awards ceremony held at George Mason University, which happens to be the school I graduated from. I, along with my wife and several colleagues from Sun, were there to honor Dr. Harry Foxwell as he received an Outstanding Alumnus Award from the school. Harry is a Senior Systems Engineer and OS Ambassador at Sun Microsystems and also teaches at GMU.
(Left to right: Me, Teresa Majer, Harry Foxwell, John DiCarlo, Dave Edstrom, Pascal Girard and Paul Tatum)
From the Awards Gala program guide:
Harry Foxwell is a Senior System Engineer and OS Ambassador for Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc. in the Washington DC area, where he is responsible for solutions consulting and customer education on Solaris, Linux, and Virtualization technologies. Harry has worked for Sun Microsystems since 1995. Prior to that he worked for 6 years as a UNIX and Internet specialist for Digital Equipment Corporation; he has worked with UNIX systems since 1979. He also authors Sun's OneStop website of Linux technical information and has been a Linux user since 1995.
Harry has been influential in developing and promoting Sun's Linux and x86 strategy and messages. He is coauthor of two Sun BluePrints: Slicing and Dicing Servers: A guide to Virtualization and Containment Technologies, Sun BluePrints Online, October 2005 and the Sun BluePrints Guide to Solaris Containers: Virtualization in the Solaris Operating System, Sun BluePrints Online, October 2006.
He received his doctorate in Information Technology in 2003 from George Mason University, and has since taught graduate courses at Mason in Operating Systems and in Electronic Commerce.
Harry is a Vietnam veteran; he served as a platoon Sargent in the US Army's 1st Infantry Division in 1968-1969; (awarded Air Medal, and Bronze Star).
He is also an amateur astronomer and contributing member of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club, a USATT member and competitive table tennis player, and a USSF (Soccer) referee.
It was a pleasure and honor to be invited to this and, again, congrats Harry!
