Gosh so saddened to hear of the news. I met Michael at a DO in BOS Not too long after I joined FT. There was a group of local Bostonians, we met for a happy hour and I was really thrilled to meet all the fellow FTers. As others have stated he was extremely warm and inviting and a really good conversationalist. I remember when the bill came, he was collecting peoples cash and I think he had a roll of coins to turn in and I learned about how people were doing MS, which was totally new to me. RIP Michael, And thank you for the time we had together