I was stunned to hear today of Lee’s passing. Lee was a force of nature, an elemental influence that we somehow expect to always illuminate distant galaxies or riff on a familiar Read the rest of this entry →

Dear Agneta, Lisa & Julia, I am sorry I wasn’t able to find you at the reception to speak with you in person. I was with my 15-year old son, and felt like he’d demonstrated as much patience as I could hope for. It was wonderful to see your faces when I spoke about Lee. Isn’t it strange something like SAS can make us smile? Read the rest of this entry →

This afternoon I attended a celebration of the life of our neighbor Lee Schipper. In calendar years he was 64, but based upon all the things he accomplished one person thought Lee was really 112 .. and then another realized Lee lived to 192. Family, energy efficiency, humor, creativity, travel, languages, music, sartorial expertise (take a look at those shirts), playfulness, transportation policy and connecting people were just some of the things Lee excelled at … these photos show just a small part of his life … Photos and more comment at http://berkeleyhomes.com/blog/2011/10/02/things-to-do/whats-happening/memorial/a-celebration-of-the-life-of-our-neighbor-lee-schipper/

Dear Agneta, Lisa, Julia and Ramon, I give you my heartfelt condolences. I have learned about the tragic news only yesterday and have since been trying to overcome my disbelief and profound sadness. I do not promise that his message will be coherent, but after putting some jazz on, I will attempt to write my tribute to the very special person and mentor that Lee was to me. Lee was my colleague and supervisor at Read the rest of this entry →

I was lucky enough on joining WRI to have my office next to Lee’s. Quite apart from the pleasure of the constant stream of jazz wafting along the corridor, I had the frequent but unpredictable joy of Lee wandering into my office with yet another insight or joke that he wanted to share. They were in more or less infinite supply. One day we had to move offices, and inevitably the scythe had to come Read the rest of this entry →

Dear Agneta, Lisa and Julia! We are thinking of you all the time and it would have been great and warm to share the memorial with you! Det känns svårt att vara så långt borta från Er. Vi hoppas se Er här hos oss och då få dela alla minnen av Lee. Hans energi och livsglädje finns kvar i ljust minne! Vi omsluter Er ALLA med våra varmaste kramar, tankar och böner. Gudrun, Georg, Sarah, Noomi och Channa

Lee will always be my brother. From hiding under my bed and scaring the crap out of me to answering emails 24/7. I might have been the silent sister but the entertainment was too good! Lee, I think about you a lot and always have, even when we have been oceans apart or when I had to google the place you said you Read the rest of this entry →

I know Lee as a muscian/bandleader/music educator. He gave me so much, words don’t suffice.

Lee Schipper: humorist, musician, scholar. The field of energy efficiency has lost a giant.

We are sitting here in Manila in a workshop talking about transport data in South East Asia. We are missing Lee and his pictures showing Lee’s perspective of transport in Asia. We miss Lee because who can now respond to Axel’s comments on data quality. One topic, where there is no discussion is how to structure the data which will be collected. It goes without saying that this will be ASIF. As I type this someone refers to Lee’s repeated calls to “wash” or clean the data. Cornie