Sad news. Thanks for letting us know, Clark. ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Clark F Morris <cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 1:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Bill Klein, COBOL standards person has died
The following is from comp.lang.cobol Bill Klein was involved with COBOL requirements and other things at SHARE. He is being missed. Clark Morris On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 02:07:39 -0600, in comp.lang.cobol Louis Krupp <lkr...@invalid.pssw.com.invalid> wrote: >On 9/16/2020 9:42 PM, Arnold Trembley wrote: >> >> Brian Tiffin reports than Bill Klein has died: >> >> "I'm saddened to inform everyone about the recent passing of William >> Klein. Bill passed away September 5th 2020. >> >> "For those that may not know; Bill has been the COBOL Standard guy for >> years now. Until he started losing his sight, he was also the Keeper >> of the COBOL FAQ." >> >> Here's a link to Brian's post: >> >> https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/lounge/thread/070e0bf6aa/ >> >> William Klein was a fairly frequent poster in comp.lang.cobol, >> although he had not been as active in recent years. >> >> >> > >A couple of obituaries (I believe these are for the right Bill Klein -- >I trust that someone will correct me if they're not): > >https://www.donnellanfuneral.com/obituaries/William-Michael--Klein?obId=18353180 > >http://www.iagsdchistory.org/historywiki/index.php/Bill_Klein > >Louis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
