[Sighfis-l] A Toast to Jim Cretsos

[eugene.garfield at thomson.com]

The passing of Jim Cretsos is indeed a sad event in the history of our
society. I can think of no other member who was so devoted to the well
being of the Society and to young and aspiring new members of the
profession. To judge the impact of such an individual is not possible
through citation or other methods of formal analysis. 
It is unfortunate that his last years were not the happiest. He was an
ardent and apparently extremely great tennis player. Whatever his
medical condition was it meant that he could no longer play. That and
the passing of his wife seemed to take his life spirit away. I could not
convince him to come to ASIST meetings so he could meet the many friends
who admired and loved him so much.

I am sure that those of us who are able to attend the meeting in Austin
will join me in raising  our glasses to Jim in gratitude for all he did
for the society and the information profession. Gene Garfield



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Today's Topics:

   1. Jim Cretsos passes away (Richard Hill)


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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:59:58 -0400
From: "Richard Hill" <rhill at asis.org>
Subject: [Sighfis-l] Jim Cretsos passes away
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The following information was just received.  James Cretsos, ASIS&T
President in 1979, mentor to uncounted numbers, passed away on August 4,
2006.

Long dear to Jim's heart, ASIS&T named it's Leadership Development Award
in
Jim's honor.

Thanks to Ted Morris for the sad information
Dick Hill

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Richard B. Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD  20910
Fax: (301) 495-0810
Voice: (301) 495-0900 

Dick,

Sorry to be the bearer of sad tidings...and maybe this is already 
known but I'd missed it...

Former ASIST & SLA president Jim Cretsos died August 4th.

His obit and memorial information just came out in the Cincinnati 
Enquirer today (10/26). He apparently passed away August 4th, and the 
family held a private ceremony on August 9th. The information in 
today's paper notes an upcoming memorial service in North Carolina 
this Saturday, October 28th.

There are obviously a <lot> of ASIST folks who can praise and honor 
Jim 'way better than I can, even though I've known him my whole 
professional life (back to '78). You didn't always agree with him, 
but you couldn't help respecting and admiring him for his drive in 
what he believed in.

Anyway, here's the URL to the Enquirer's information:

http://dunes.cincinnati.com/classifieds/obits/obitDisplay.aspx?d=10/26/2
006&
st=1&id=678917

Ted


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