Ian Philip McMillin

I stumbled opon this as of late. I want to thank those who shared their kind words and insights. Thank you for your condolances. I am proud to of had such a great father and wonderful grandfather for my two daughters. I enjoyed reading this. He even reminds me of myself sometimes! May God bless you all, as he did me.

I worked with Ian at BCBC and ARES. On 2 seperate occassions over the years he built custom databases to my specifications when we couldn’t find an “off the shelf” solution to meet our needs. Ian and I were a terrrific team and did great work together. I came to appreciate his thoughtful line of questioning, his dry humour, and his willingness/patience to explain. His contributions were key to our overall success and he was recognized for his efforts. I am grateful to have worked with such a smart man who spoke frequently and fondly of his loved ones. I offer my deepest sympathy to Ian’s family, my thoughts are with you all at this difficult time.

Many of us came to know Ian from his participation in the TVI Inc. Bulletin Board at the “Stockhouse” website. He was known for his precise and accurate research and measured comment on anything that was raised with respect to the company’s reporting. I contacted him and shared very enjoyable, insightful, philosophical email conversation with him for the better part of the past year or two and became very close and fond and appreciative of him. We shared the same lifelines and age bracket and experiences with marriage and children and were true kindred spirits., I can’t properly express the shock I felt when I first learned of his death courtesy of “Investman” on that site. Many of us there are very upset by his passing and will miss him a great deal. Ian and his father were very close, as I was with my own father. We talked about how lucky he was with his father staying around with him so very long. My own father was my best friend and died young at 66 of a hospital mistake. “Nummy” appeared to be a very thoughtful, kind man and many on that website have expressed their numbness at his passing and wish to pass along their condolences to his family. His children and wife and brother and friends and relatives all meant a great deal to him, and he was always thinking about how he could do more for all of them. Everyone who met him soon had no doubt that family was at the epicentre of his life, and meant everything to him. We enjoyed his fascination with chimps which he shared with all of us, and I was always very impressed with his familiarity with the works of many philosophers and of military tactics used in actual even minor battles throughout history … the relevance of which he always weaved into the many conversations we had today about any number of life’s topics, as we searched for the psychological and sociological nuances behind those issues, as they arose in the daily news. My main consolation in all of this, while it is almost too sad for words, is that, as upsetting as this is, we should all feel very fortunate that we did get to spend some very good years conversing and sharing our great respect and some friendly banter back and forth with him.
Michael Greco, Ottawa, Canada. Feb. 07, 2012.