He was in attendance at the Turing 100 conference a few years back - http://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/Turing100/www.turing100.manchester.ac.uk/?man=true http

He was in attendance at the Turing 100 conference a few years back - http://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/Turing100/www.turing100.manchester.ac.uk/?man=true http://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/Turing100/www.turing100.... - which I was fortunate enough to attend. It was full of great names. Roger Penrose, Donald Knuth, Gary Kasparov, Vint Cerf, Tony Hoare, etc. Brooks was one of the speakers who seemed really interested in talking to delegates in coffee breaks and sharing stories. A lovely man, and his retirement is well deserved. He has shaped the industry more than any other attendee, even if others may have contributed more to the science, so to speak.