Tim Campbell was a computer science graduate student at Cal Berkeley. When I met him, he was headed to Portland for treatment of Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. He went home to the Lord on September 15, 2015. ©2015 Bob Carey (Sony a6000, Zeiss Touit 12mm – 1/200, f4, iso 100)

Great American Rail Adventure 2015

Tim Campbell was a computer science Ph.D. student at Cal Berkeley. We spent over an hour together sharing our common interests. We both graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle and had lived in the same dorm complex – just 35 years apart. He shared with me about his research, to create a  3D printer able to make objects larger than itself. I told him of some connections I had in the computer industry, and he replied, “I’m not sure I’ll make it to that point.” He then shared that he was Stage IV with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. He was headed home to Portland for treatment, while his wife Katie was still in Berkeley. He shared that he was originally diagnosed in August 2011 and had been in remission twice. Tim went home to the Lord on September 15, 2015.