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Obituary(as appeared in the Gainesville Sun) 29th July 2008ISWARAN, COIMBATORE VENKATESWARAN Dr. Coimbatore Venkateswaran Iswaran went to be with our Lord on July 26, 2008.
"Ish" as he was affectionately known throughout, touched many lives. He was a brilliant scholar, a master bridge player, a mathematician and a political provocateur. He wrote many controversial editorials to several newspapers taking on a firebrand cause for the liberal platform and the common man. He was a pragmatist possessed by superb logical skills. He taught physics and mathematics at SFCC for several years igniting the minds of youth. He was known by everyone as one whom had a vast repertoire of jokes and personal anecdotes that touched us all with such joy and laughter. He loved to be among nature planting hot peppers and tending to gardening. He was a kind and gentle man who saw to the little needs and tender details of those whom he cared about. He leaves behind a global family: Mr. & Mrs. C.I. Sivasubramanian, his cousin Meenakshi Sanyal, her husband Atish in Burke, Virginia and their children Aprotim, Anupam and Mohima; in India his cousins Hema, Anandhi and Kannan and an extended family. He is survived by many colleagues and friends. He had a long-life Godly friend and sister in Christ, Annie Wood Fuller, who was with him at the end. A memorial service with be held Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at Community Presbyterian Church, Highway 441 South of McIntosh, FL. Pastor Scott A. Simmons will officiate. Arrangements are under the care of Williams-Thomas Downtown Funeral Home, 404 N. Main Street. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION |
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He came to the U.S. from Madras, India in 1969 to take his master's
degree from Clemson University in South Carolina. Upon his completion of
his Masters, he was accepted into the Department of Engineering at the
University of Florida where he wrote one of the largest PhD's in the
department's archive. He was an expert material science engineer,
writing and publishing in numerous scientific journals on atom jump
theory and titanium stress.