From Laura in London, with whom we are consulting on the Rice project in which Patricia was deeply involved, comes this internal email from her office (which I reproduce unedited):

As we developed the Rice project we were required to put it into a CAD model. Patricia, who worked with HEWV our Executive Architects started it and came to London, from Norfolk, Virginia to progress the coordination with the BIM model of the project for a week last year.
She sat near Patrick and worked with our team for a week. We were all impressed at how fast she was in translating project details into the BIM model, or Revit as some one calls it.
It was a real pleasure working with her, always smiling. If Jimmy - from HEWV - hadn't threaten me that I absolutely wasn't allowed, we would certainly thought about trying to keep her with us...

While she was in London, socializing with the team, she mentioned the girl scout cookies to someone in our team and how good they are - these are cookies that are baked for the girls scouts to sell around to raised money.
This team member - I have yet to identify - was really curious and keen to taste the famous cookies.
When she went back, among the other stories I suppose she must have told about us (one I know, she said that AB looks very much like Austin Powers!) she mentioned to Richard, father of a girl scout, that HA was very interested in the "girl scout cookies"!

This year we went to Virginia to work with HEWV, saw the offices, worked with the team and then finally went for dinner. Jimmy invited all on the team and Patricia was part of the group. We had a lovely time and a delicious dinner together.

Only a few weeks after we learned that Patricia died in her sleep of a brain aneurysm. She was 2 4 , just married last year before her husband went to Iraq to fight with the USA army. It was a great shock and very sad time for all our friends at HEWV, and for how small we counted in her life, for us Rice team too.

Katrin and I just came back from another trip in Norfolk, Virginia. After a long time unsuccessfully trying to investigate who at HA(USA) was so interested in girl scout cookies, and which flavour they where interested in, Richard very kindly just gave us a the most enormous box of all sorts. I have travelled with it, not without raising interest and curiosity at airports (What does the box contain Madame? Oooohhhhhh so really they are girl cookies!!!!!!!)...

So here they are. Please come to the Building 2 to taste the famous "girl scout cookies"... certainly there are enough for everyone!

Thanks you Richard... thank you Patricia!