I worked with Craig for a number of years at the long gone Monsanto plant in Everett, Massachusetts. Craig and I ran a production unit there for a while.

I recall a time when the unit I supervised had a major process upset on a holiday weekend. Most everybody in the plant was gone and I was sitting in my office trying to get help from outside of the plant. Craig called (he was supervising another unit) and offered to help me over the weekend. It was a genuine offer of help, of course.

Many of the years at Everett were difficult ones due to the plants tenuous status. Craig never lost his sense of humor and he kept those around him loose with that sense of humor. Whenever I picture Craig, I see him smiling.

If Craig were still around I'd ask him if he recalled "The Miami Trip." I think he'd remember some of the week he, I, and a few others from Everett spent there. We should have been locked up for those expense reports we submitted when we returned.

While I only knew Craig for a few years my memories of him are vivid. I consider him my friend and I think he felt the same way about me. People come and go in our lives. Some are quickly forgotten. Craig will not be one of those.

I'm truly sorry at the loss we've experienced. My love to his family and friends.

Gene McSweeney

Monsanto/Solutia retiree