It's not any Varian widow, children or family. It's Mr Gary Rogerson (CEO) who needs the cash and then retire in UK, his home country. This will be his career achievment, selling off an prestigious company in the Silicon Valley, trashing Varian Brothers' hard work and all employees effort to make things work and to keep up with the Varian name.

Closing shop of an old company like Varian, without caring for employee's future job search help, or any effort to asking the acquiring company to ensure their position is secure, or offer any benefit severance package, especially for those who are over 50 years old, working in Varian for over 25 years. The top 5 executives and a few other officiers, have their golden hand shake, but what about the rest of the staff. I feel bad for them (disclosure, I do not work for Varian Inc and I don't hold their stock).