At home, Walter was a husband and devoted father to his two adolescent sons. But for 22 years, he was everyone's friend and the smiling face at MIT Health who never failed to solve individual computer problems, no matter how large or small. Walter came to MIT as an office assistant in MIT Health's Medical Records department in 2002. He eventually transferred to MIT Health's Technology Services team, where he worked from 2009 until his passing. Information Systems Manager David Forristall, who had previously worked in medical records, still remembers when 'this young guy came to work for his first day.' 'When he first got to Medical Records, he thought it was only going to be a pit stop ' that he was only going to be here for like two weeks,' says Walter's colleague, Technical Support Specialist Michael Miller. 'Then, 20 years later'' 'You don't often, other than a family member, watch someone grow through their life,' says Forristall. 'So for him to come to MIT as a young man at the...
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