CALEB ARRON DACK: Poetry and
Software
A
deck off a garage.
A handmade fish table.
A long, a loe, a winding, drooping dahlia.
From the moment his parents named him Arron with an RR
instead of AA, C. Arron Dack always surprised.
Born in England and raised in Canada, Mr. Dack, 39,
studied molecular biology, but went into computers. He
wrote loopy poems and complex business software. In July
he became senior vice president of a Midtown start-up
called Encompys, but there was a trade show at Windows on
the World he couldn't miss.
His wife, Abigail, said that after they settled in
Montclair, N.J., Mr. Dack wanted to prove he was not all
brain and no brawn. He built what may be Montclair's only
garage deck Ñ impractical, yes, but certainly
popular with Carter, 2, and Olivia, 6. To celebrate a
promotion, he promised Mrs. Dack a great fish dinner,
then spent days building a unique table of cedar and
granite for the fish.
And in a spare bedroom on the third floor, there is a
headboard painted with words from one of Mr. Dack's
poems. "It goes, `A long, a loe, a winding, drooping
dahlia,' " recited Mrs. Dack.
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