Like many of you I also have many fond memories of John, and had such admiration for him. He and I first met in 1987 when I was publishing the Cascade Mountain DX Club bulletin, and he joined so that he could keep on top of shortwave DX heard from the Pacific Northwest (he and his wife Linda would later spend most summers on Orcas Island, WA).
Many of my memories of John revolve around the fun times and hard work of editing & producing the "Proceedings" series of books for DXers, "underwritten" by the Numero Uno/Fine Tuning group that John and I were a part of. Proceedings was John's "baby" and his vision from start to finish (from the 1988 edition to the final 1994-96 book). We would work together on the layout and final editing of the books during my summer weekend trips to Orcas Island. For the early Proceedings editions, desktop publishing as a publication technique was at "that awkward age", and we made so many printing and layout blunders, often churning through multiple dot matrix printer ribbons (remember them?) as we worked late into the night. The fade-ins of Papua New Guinea and Indonesian stations on 90 & 60 meters would be our entertainment as we worked. Some of you know that both designed and built the home that he and Linda were to retire to on Orcas. He was eminently qualified, as in 1997 John was chosen as a "Fellow - American Institute of Architecture" (FAIA), perhaps the highest honor in his field. The home is perched on a dramatic rock outcropping 800 feet above the water, and has an incredible sweeping view of the San Juan Islands, the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, and even the shipping lanes across from Victoria BC. This picture I took of John in his Orcas Island home is one of my favorites and how I remember him: https://app.box.com/s/asdsv7kp5a33wnpi64kn8qe7ub0xmh5l You are very missed, my friend! Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
