I thank Valerie for her correction and additional information. Since the articles were unsigned, I could only assume that Louis wrote everything while he was still editor.
Joe >Very interesting. > >But he neglected to say that I wrote most of the articles, starting with >1980 & also wrote quite a few articles starting in the 1970s [when Louis was >making up the newsletter & sometimes changed my articles]. Reid implies >that I only started WRITING articles when Louis resigned. I guess his >saying I did the typography starting with the Jul-Aug 80 issue meant Louis >wrote everything and I just typeset and formatted MT. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, 2002 April 25 8:50 AM >Subject: [USMA:19640] Re: Answer from MT editors > > >> Adrian Jadic wrote in USMA 19610 to urge that Metric Today be printed on >A3 >> paper format. I have just now dug out my file of Metric Today and its >> predecessors back to April 1966. It started as "Metric Association >> Newsletter" printed on 11" by 17", Editor Louis F. Sokol. It changed to A3 >> formtat with the May 1973 issue. The name changed to "U.S. Metric >> Association Newsletter" in February 1975. Before 1980 July/August the >> Newsletter had been mailed from Boulder, CO. With that issue the >typography >> changed, the name became "USMA Newsletter" and the Newsletter was mailed >> from Altadena, CA. With the 1980 Nov-Dec issue the format again became >> 11"X12". In 1990 the title became "Metric Today". In the 1992 Sep-Oct >> issue Louis Sokol resigned as Editor and turned the jpb over to Valerie >> Antoine, who had done the typography for the previous 10 years. Louis >Sokol >> became a USMA member in 1947 and served as Secretary from 1966 to 1969, >> then as President from 1970 to 1978. He died on 1997 October 11. >> >> Joseph B.Reid Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
