Alfred “Al” Eugene Riccomi
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Alfred Eugene Riccomi, 89, passed away peacefully September 19, 2022 at his Richardson, Texas home surrounded by his family. Al, born July 13, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, grew up in Cicero, Illinois. He is predeceased by his parents, Eugenio Riccomi and Quartina Spadoni Riccomi. A Korean War era veteran, he served with the 9472 Technical Unit Signal Service Team in the Army as an Electronic Countermeasure Specialist, stationed at an outpost in Alaska performing classified surveillance activities under rather harsh conditions. After his military service, he attended the University of Illinois and graduated with a BS in the Teaching of Physics. Soon after graduation, while employed as an instructor at DeVry Tech in Chicago, he attended a party hosted by his fellow college graduates and met and soon married Carolyn Misheck. He continued employment in technical oriented positions including working as a programmer for the burgeoning US moon landing program. While completing graduate study in computer science at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, he accepted a position with Texas Instruments and moved with his young family to Texas in 1969. While with Texas Instruments he developed system software for the Advanced Scientific Computer, one of the most powerful supercomputers of its time, worked on educational applications for the TI home computer, a precursor of the modern Personal Computer, and was involved with a number of secret and top-secret projects for the U.S. military. Al was recognized while with TI as being among the very few who were acknowledged to be ultimate authorities in the software world. Upon his retirement from TI in 1991, he became a self-employed, independent management consultant in the emerging field of multimedia as well as part-time instructor at the University of Texas at Dallas and as an Adjunct Professor at Southern Methodist University. Additionally, he participated in international standards meetings defining JPEG and MPEG and was a U.S. Delegate to the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) of the International Standards Organization. Al is greatly missed by his wife of almost 60 years, Carolyn Misheck Riccomi, his son, John Riccomi of Richardson, Texas, daughters Linda (George) Montrose of Harlingen, Texas and Laura (John) Anderson of Toronto, Canada, grandchildren Kevin (Cassie) Montrose of Brooklyn, NY and Danielle “Risa” (Joshua) Alvarez, of San Antonio, TX, and great-grandsons Ezra Alvarez and Jacob “Jake” Piechowiak. He is survived by his sister Eileen (Lambert) Lucietto and brother Robert Riccomi and 5 nieces, 1 nephew, and multiple cousins. Interment will be at Dallas – Ft. Worth National Cemetery on October 28 at 11 AM. Memorial contributions in Al’s memory may be directed to LLS.org or mailed to: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Red River Region 8111 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy Dallas, TX 75251.
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Sorry for your Loss, Carolyn.
I will forever value the life and work of Al Riccomi. He was a rare good friend and a highly esteemed work colleague at Texas Instruments. He was truly recognized as an ultimate authority in his field. We worked together for many years, and were close friends when we didn’t. For many years after we both retired, we remained members of a monthly lunch group of TI retirees. Al, it was a good time we had together, and I won’t be forgetting it…Gene
Al Riccomi played a major role in my career, from as far back as the early 1970’s when I was a new professor at SMU. He gave entertaining talks to my students on supercomputers, engaged in friendly debates with his competitors in the supercomputer business, and later played a significant role in getting an R&D contract for my students and me to develop an innovative compiler for the Advanced Scientific Computer.
Later in my career, when I was working for Texas Instruments, I crossed paths with Al frequently, although we usually worked on different projects. We also worked together in support of the computing profession. In 1984, Al served with me on the program committee for the National Computer Conference, where he took on the challenge of presenting a technical session on how the predictions in George Orwell’s “1984” compared with the state of the computing world in 1984.
Shortly after that, when my division of the company disbanded and I needed a new job, Al helped me make contact with the people who hired me based on his recommendation and enabled me to move on.
Al was always there when I needed help or advice and I will miss him deeply.
Al sounds like a very special man, Carolyn.
I send you and your family my sincere condolences.
I was honored to work with Al at TI. He was a great guy to work with. I missed him when he left there and it’s very sad to hear of his passing.