I am shocked and sad to hear that Chip died last year. I remember that his parents and then his wife were not well and then we unfortunately lost contact.
I remember (about 2005/6) the first Skype conversations with Chip. In the beginning I didn't have a camera for my Skype and Chip said I should get one - which I did. Also I bought a
Kaiser-Wilhelm fake-beard, which I stuck under my nose for the next video call with Chip.
I still remember well Chip astonished face. Wide open eyes & mouth, and his face came closer and closer to the monitor!
At first he thought the beard was real.
In summer 2008 he was in Germany (with his sons) and I met him! He stayed few days with us, and then he went with his sons to Verdun and Paris, Heidelberg, Berlin etc… Chip had booked a rental car from the States, but when we went to pick up the car at the rental agency - there was no car with automatic transmission/gear! And Chip hadn't driven a manual gearbox for a very long time, but no other vehicle was available, so Chip had to take it. The first meters on the parking place were very funny to watch, it had something of a rodeo rider (but with car)!
Chip was a great guy - with a lot of humor!!!
Jens