On July 14th 2014 the Jean-Claude Bradley Memorial Symposium was held to celebrate the life and work of Professor Jean-Claude Bradley of Drexel University. This slide deck highlighting dedications made to JC on various blogs and the memorial symposium wiki helps to capture JC's contributions to science and how we felt about him

1. Dedications to
JC Bradley
Full Dedications at
http://inmemoriamjcb.wikispaces.com/home

2. Bill Hooker
“I am very sorry to miss this gathering. It would
have been a great comfort, and it would have
been inspiring -- as Jean-Claude was inspiring --
to talk with you about our lost friend's legacy. I
am deeply grateful to all of you for continuing to
build on that legacy; I will always miss Jean-
Claude, but he will never be completely gone so
long as someone, somewhere, is trying to make
science better. And by "better", of course, I
mean "more open". “

3. Noel O’Boyle
…” When Jean-Claude arrived the next day to
chair the second session, I remember thinking
wow, this guy is so relaxed and confident he can
just turn up in bermuda shorts and a casual shirt
and not worry about whether his tie is sending
out the right signals - I wish I was like that.”…

4. Sean Ekins
…” A great measure of the person is literally how
invisible he was, yet he has affected so many
that we are sharing our remembrances and the
impact he had on us.”…

5. Dan Zaharevitz
…” Jean-Claude was always willing to try anything
to do science better and his passion and
enthusiasm dragged a number of us with higher
energy barriers over the hump. The thing that
always impressed me the most about him was
that he was completely unafraid of ALL the
implications of doing science in the open. To
venture into the unknown is guaranteed a
significant amount of failure.”…

6. Beth Ritter-Guth
…” Most of us knew Jean-Claude as a scientist,
but I was very fortunate to know him as a friend
outside of the lab. He was funny, smart, witty,
gentle, and kind. He cared so deeply about the
world and the impact that open notebook
science could have on the far reaches of the
underdeveloped world. He cared so deeply
about animals, especially cats. He loved listening
to Howard Stern. He loved sushi. He loved riding
his bike and being in nature.”

7. Mat Todd
…” I remember starting to think about how to
do completely open projects, looking around the
web in 2005 to see if anything open was going
on in chemistry, and coming across JC’s lone
voice, and I thought “Wow, who is this guy?” He
had dedication and integrity – we’ll all miss
him.”…

8. Henry Rzepa
…”Jean-Claude was such a brave academic. It is
up to others, not just of his generation, but both
older and younger, to continue to push for
science to be open. He helped start that
revolution, others must now continue it.”…

9. Antony Williams
…” JC Bradley did something important. He did
something catalytic. Actually he did a lot that
was important and catalytic. And even though
he has gone he will not be forgotten by his
peers, his collaborators and his followers for a
long time. And I believe his legacy will survive
and flourish. JC was, for me, and many others,
the father of Open Notebook Science.”…

10. Christina Pikas
…” Jean-Claude was generous and very nice, and
maybe a bit shy or introverted. He made
tremendous contributions to science and he will
be missed.”…

11. Carole Mayers
“I met Jean Claude in 2006 at a leadership
program for IT and Library staff. He introduced
us all to wikis for our team work on Maverick
College and I've never gone back. He was deeply
passionate about open science and had a wry
viewpoint on the pretensions of the world.”…

12. David Kroll
“What a stunning loss of an open chemistry
researcher and educator who was also a
terrifically kind gentleman.”

13. Graham Steel
“He was a true inspiration whose pioneering
work has made a profound effect with regards
to opening the way we do science who will be
greatly missed.”
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