Don't forget Wally Rippel, Robert Aronson, and Ron Gremban. Wally organized the 1968 Great American Electric Car Race between MIT and Caltech. Bob Aronson built limited production (40 ?) of Mars II Renault electric car conversions and many other EV prototype cars as well as supporting others in reviving EV interest.
George Swartz > I just had my first notice of Charlie MacArthur and it occurs to me that > biographies of such EV pioneers are needed. Gone are Charlie, Bob Rice, > Bob Beaumont. And, of course many others. Bob Beaumont does have a > wikipedia page: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beaumont > though it is sadly lacking in detail. > Wikipedia seems like an ideal place to put such things. > > Being a student of genealogy, I frequently lament "I wish I had > extracted that information while it was available!". Speaking, of > course, about dead people. The time to accumulate information is while > the subject is alive. > > Currently living EV pioneers whose lives and contributions should be > documented would include: Otmar, Jukka, Bruce, David, Lee, Roland. Wayne > Alexander, Mary Ann Chapman, Gail Lucas, many of the sadly banned drag > racers (I know, only the subject is banned), and numerous others. Being > a relative newcomer to EVDL and EVs, I lack the knowledge to compile a > comprehensive list. > > I notice Roland has been silent for a while. I hope things are well > with him. > > Does anyone else have an interest in preserving such history? > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
