Newsletter, Obituaries, and Appreciations
Appreciations
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A Tribute to Michael Anderson, by Charles Silver
A Word About the Late William Armbruster, by C. Edward Bernier
Remembrance of Ed Bernier, by Lisa Logan
Richard Birn: A Few Recollections of Career Service and Friendship, by Michael Schneider
A Tribute to Paul Blackburn, by Michael Schneider
An Appreciation of Mike Canning, by Joe B. Johnson
A Tribute to Peter Cecere, by Robert Gosende
Memories of Pete Cecere, by Bruce Gregory
Jerry (Luis Ricardo) Chirichigno: An Appreciation, by Robert Chatten
Fred Coffey, An Appreciation, by Robert Chatten
A Eulogy for André de Nesnera, by Jim Malone
Appreciation of Jake Gillespie, by Miller Crouch
Remembering Jake Gillespie, by Michael Schneider
In Memoriam: Lois Herrmann, by Greta Morris
Remembering David Hitchcock, by Greta Morris
A Remembrance of Vincent John Hovanec, by Rosemary Crockett
Linda Jewell -- An Appreciation, by Robert Chatten
Linda Jewell -- Additional Appreciations, by Col. (Ret.) Mark S. Wilkins, Susan Damowitz, and Greta Morris
Philomena Jury and Sam Hilmy, by Alan Heil
Remembering Tom Korologos (1933-2024), by Bruce Gregory
Jodie Lewinsohn, by Michael Schneider
Richard Lundberg, An Appreciation, by Mark Asquino
Martin Manning, by John Jasik
John Matel Recollection, by Christopher Datta
Memories of Lou Olom, by Bruce Gregory
Remembering Tony Quainton, by Bruce Gregory
A Tribute to Yale Wolf Richmond, by Robert Gosende
Ed Scherr, An Appreciation, by Alan Kotok
Remembering Hans N. "Tom" Tuch, by Leonard Baldyga
Obituaries: Memories of You
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In Memoriam
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After August 2024, the newsletter supplement link is indicated.
| Name | Newsletter Issue |
|---|---|
| Warren Aker II | Feb 2024 |
| Frank Albert | Aug 2023 |
| Bruce Alright | Feb 2024 |
| Edward Alexander | Nov 2023 |
| Dexter Anderson | May 2022 |
| Michael Anderson* | Aug 2021 |
| Yaroslav Yaro Bihun | Nov 2024 |
| Jackie Ball-Gulljee | Feb 2022 |
| Robert Dean Barber | May 2023 |
| Bruce Barker | May 2022 |
| Robert Barry | May 2024 |
| John Barton | May 2022 |
| Fred Bechetti | Feb 2024 |
| Vivienne Bechetti | Nov 2023 |
| Shirley Benson | Feb 2024 |
| C. Edward Bernier* | Nov 2023 |
| Dick Bertel | Nov 2023 |
| Paul Blackburn* | Jan 2021 |
| Winona Kim Blackburn | Aug 2021 |
| Merton Bland | Mar 2021 |
| Arnaud Roujou de Boubée | Aug 2021 |
| Dean Kelvin Brown | Aug 2021 |
| Sue K. Brown | Aug 2024 |
| Gil Butler | Feb 2022 |
| Ingrid Byers | Aug 2024 |
| Michael Canning* | Aug 2023 |
| Pete Cecere* | Feb 2024 |
| Marcia Nightingale Carlson | May 2023 |
| Alan Carter | Aug 2020 |
| Hodding Carter III | Aug 2023 |
| Robert A. Catell | Feb 2023 |
| Jerry (Luis Ricardo) Chirichigno* | Mar 2021 |
| Jennifer Clark | Aug 2022 |
| Ron Clifton | Mar 2021 |
| Fred Coffey* | May 2024 |
| Phillip Cohan | Feb 2022 |
| Susan Cohen | Feb 2024 |
| Reginald Joseph Contee, Sr. | Nov 2024 |
| John Francis Coppola | Mar 2021 |
| Frank Cummins | Nov 2023 |
| Candis Cunningham | Feb 2023 |
| John (Jack) Curtiss | Aug 2021 |
| Mofid Deak | Feb 2023 |
| Eddie Deerfield | May 2024 |
| André de Nesnera | Feb 2024 |
| Rudina Dervishi | Nov 2023 |
| John Edward Dixon | Feb 2023 |
| Bernard Dowling | May 2024 |
| Thomas Dowling | Aug 2021 |
| Joseph Duffey | Mar 2021 |
| John Dwyer | Aug 2021 |
| Amir Ebrahimi | Jan 2021 |
| Vello Ederma | Aug 2023 |
| Douglas Arthur Elleby | Mar 2021 |
| Mort Engelberg | Feb 2024 |
| John Clyde Farris | Oct 2021 |
| Evan Fotos | Jan 2021 |
| Stephen Frank | May 2023 |
| Mary Elizabeth Libby O'Boyle Franko | Feb 2023 |
| Don Fulsom | Nov 2022 |
| Judith Anne Futch | Feb 2022 |
| Jane Catherine Gaffney | Feb 2023 |
| Saul Stuart Gefter | Feb 2022 |
| Robert Ray Gibbons | Oct 2021 |
| Jacob Priester Gillespie* | Feb 2022 |
| Gail Melissa Grant | Aug 2024 |
| Michael Hahn | Feb 2023 |
| Margaret Ann Peggy Hanson | May 2023 |
| William Harwood | Nov 2023 |
| Dilara Hashem | Aug 2022 |
| Patricia McMahon Hawkins | Feb 2022 |
| Philip Haynes | Nov 2023 |
| Bruce Herschensohn | Jan 2021 |
| George Hismeh | Feb 2022 |
| David Hitchcock* | Nov 2022 |
| Vincent John Hovanec* | May 2022 |
| Maureen Howard | May 2023 |
| Stedman Howard | May 2022 |
| Shen-Yi (Henry) Hu | Feb 2023 |
| Curtis Elton Huff, Jr. | Aug 2021 |
| Mary Ann Ignatius | Mar 2021 |
| Kenneth Vance Jackson | Nov 2023 |
| William L. Jake Jacobsen, Jr. | May 2023 |
| Donald Jameson | Nov 2023 |
| Margie Jasperson | Aug 2022 |
| A. Ross Johnson | Mar 2021 |
| Deanna Dee Johnson | Aug 2024 |
| Doug Johnson | May 2022 |
| Marilyn Johnson | Nov 2022 |
| Robert Owen Jones | Oct 2021 |
| Lorin Allan Jurvis | Aug 2022 |
| Allen Kassof | Feb 2022 |
| Candace Stewart Keenan | Feb 2022 |
| James Edward Kenkel | Feb 2022 |
| Irwin Seymour Kern | Oct 2021 |
| Frances Kolarek | Mar 2021 |
| John Kordek | Mar 2021 |
| Tom Korogolos* | Aug 2024 |
| Joyce Kravitz | May 2023 |
| David Krecke | Feb 2024 |
| Michael Kristula | Aug 2020 |
| Richard Allen Ladieu | Aug 2022 |
| Anita LaGamma | Aug 2022 |
| Alfred Laun | Feb 2024 |
| Margo Storm Lawless | May 2023 |
| Wilma Jane LaMee | Feb 2022 |
| Stephen Reid Ledford | Aug 2023 |
| David Lent | Feb 2024 |
| Jodie Lewinsohn* | Feb 2024 |
| John Arthur Lindburg | May 2023 |
| John Marshall Louton | May 2023 |
| Paul Malamud | Nov 2022 |
| John Anthony Matel* | Aug 2020 |
| Joan McKniff | May 2023 |
| George Meek | Jan 2021 |
| John Menzies | Aug 2022 |
| Lois Winner Mervyn | Aug 2021 |
| Merrill Miller | Feb 2024 |
| Bogomila Mireva | Feb 2024 |
| Joseph Morgan | Mar 2021 |
| Lloyd Neighbors | Oct 2021 |
| George P. Newman | Nov 2023 |
| Phyllis Oakley | May 2022 |
| Christopher Paddack | Nov 2023 |
| Jennifer Parmelee | Feb 2024 |
| Eugene Pell | Aug 2020 |
| Jean Louise Perelli | Aug 2023 |
| Janine Perry | May 2023 |
| Louis Polichetti | Aug 2021 |
| David Pollock | Feb 2024 |
| John Pouris | Jan 2021 |
| Robert Powers | Aug 2020 |
| Anthony Quainton* | Nov 2023 |
| William Reinckens | Feb 2024 |
| Yale Wolf Richmond* | Aug 2020 |
| Edith G. Rosen | Feb 2023 |
| Gunther Karl Rosinus | Oct 2021 |
| Ralph Ruedy | Aug 2022 |
| Hafizah Salah | Feb 2024 |
| Charlene Scherr | Oct 2021 |
| Ed Scherr* | Nov 2024 |
| John (Jack) Schmid | Jan 2021 |
| George Scholz | Jan 2021 |
| Warren Schorr | Aug 2021 |
| Carl Schultz | May 2024 |
| Martin Secrest | Jan 2021 |
| Frank Shakespeare | Feb 2023 |
| Karen Starkey | Nov 2024 |
| Gloria (Peters) Steele | Nov 2023 |
| Perry Stieglitz | May 2023 |
| Raymond "Wally" Stuart | Nov 2022 |
| Shannon Rae Swanson | Jan 2021 |
| Julianne Simpson Thomas | Aug 2021 |
| Hans "Tom" Tuch* | Oct 2020 |
| Sydnee Tyson | Oct 2021 |
| Ernie Torriero | May 2022 |
| Thomas Tom Talaat Turkman | Feb 2023 |
| Grace Cotturo Valenti | Feb 2023 |
| Alice Uda Vetter | Feb 2023 |
| Cornelius "Neal" Walsh | Aug 2023 |
| William Bill Weinhold | Feb 2024 |
| David Williams | Nov 2023 |
| David Michael Wilson | May 2023 |
| Marek Zalewski | Feb 2024 |
*Indicates there is also a Remembrance.