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LAST CALL for 2018-2020 AER Memorial List

MN
Mary Nelle McLennan
Mon, Nov 23, 2020 5:39 PM

LAST CALL for 2018–2020 Memorial List:

Dear Colleagues...
AER's History and Memorial Committee relies on your assistance in identifying those in our "professional family" who have died during each biennium. This listing also recognizes other individuals of professional significance to our members and our organization, even if they were not current AER members.

We invite you—indeed, we encourage you—to submit names of our colleagues who have died in the 2018–2020 biennium. Please submit information using the link provided below no later than 5:00 PM Eastern time, Friday, November 27.

The Memorial List is a tradition normally read at the opening session of AER’s biennial international conference. This year, however, the list will be presented at AER’s virtual 2020 "Community Reunion—Taking Pride, Giving Thanks, Sharing Hope” on the evening of November 30th.

A listing of names previously submitted is included in this message. If you know of colleagues who passed away since January 2018 and are not on this list, please submit their names using this link: bit.ly/AER2018-2020Memorial http://bit.ly/AER2018-2020Memorial.
The submission form will ask you for the following information:

Your email address;
Deceased colleague's name;
The colleague's state or province of residence;
A brief statement of her or his role in the education or rehabilitation of people who are blind or visually impaired;
An obituary or a link to an obituary or tribute, if available.

The following names have been collected for AER’s 2018–2020 Memorial List to date:

Clifford Alexander, Tennessee

Loyal Eugene Apple, North Carolina

Alissa Auer, Texas

Mary Gaynor Beasley, Texas

Burt Boyer, Kentucky

Jeanie Brasher, Arkansas

Matthew Caldwell, Texas

Tommy Craig, Texas

Liz DePiero, Pennsylvania
Eleanor Eaton Faye, New York

Randall Harley, Tennessee

James E. “Moe” Haralson, Indiana

Susan Spungin Hanke, New York and Arizona

Deborah Hatton Beck, Tennessee

Willis “Nick” Hazard, Maine

David Randall Johnson, Arkansas

Gideon Jones, Florida and North Carolina

Leslie Kay, New Zealand

Kerry Krieger Clifford, Vermont

Harvey Lauer, Illinois

Don Maccabe, Texas

Stephen Perreault, Massachusetts

Andrew Poteet, Tennessee

Debra Reames, Virginia

Liz Schomerus, Nebraska

Dick L. Seifert, Arkansas

Rona Shaw, New Jersey

Sister Melmarie Stoll, Wisconsin

Sharon “Sonny” Summers, Texas and Maryland

George Theriault, New Hampshire

David Vialard, Illinois and Texas

If you have questions or need more information, please write us at AERHistory.Memorial@gmail.com mailto:AERHistory.Memorial@gmail.com.

With your help, we will honor our colleagues who have left us.

Sincere thanks,
2018–2020 AER History and Memorial Committee

Mary Nelle McLennan, Co-Chair, Pennsylvania
Julie Hapeman, Co-Chair, Wisconsin
Gala Brooks, Illinois
Billy Brookshire, Texas
Rod Kossick, Minnesota
Lacey Long, North Dakota
Lauralyn Randles, Illinois

LAST CALL for 2018–2020 Memorial List: Dear Colleagues... AER's History and Memorial Committee relies on your assistance in identifying those in our "professional family" who have died during each biennium. This listing also recognizes other individuals of professional significance to our members and our organization, even if they were not current AER members. We invite you—indeed, we encourage you—to submit names of our colleagues who have died in the 2018–2020 biennium. Please submit information using the link provided below no later than 5:00 PM Eastern time, Friday, November 27. The Memorial List is a tradition normally read at the opening session of AER’s biennial international conference. This year, however, the list will be presented at AER’s virtual 2020 "Community Reunion—Taking Pride, Giving Thanks, Sharing Hope” on the evening of November 30th. A listing of names previously submitted is included in this message. If you know of colleagues who passed away since January 2018 and are not on this list, please submit their names using this link: bit.ly/AER2018-2020Memorial <http://bit.ly/AER2018-2020Memorial>. The submission form will ask you for the following information: Your email address; Deceased colleague's name; The colleague's state or province of residence; A brief statement of her or his role in the education or rehabilitation of people who are blind or visually impaired; An obituary or a link to an obituary or tribute, if available. The following names have been collected for AER’s 2018–2020 Memorial List to date: Clifford Alexander, Tennessee Loyal Eugene Apple, North Carolina Alissa Auer, Texas Mary Gaynor Beasley, Texas Burt Boyer, Kentucky Jeanie Brasher, Arkansas Matthew Caldwell, Texas Tommy Craig, Texas Liz DePiero, Pennsylvania Eleanor Eaton Faye, New York Randall Harley, Tennessee James E. “Moe” Haralson, Indiana Susan Spungin Hanke, New York and Arizona Deborah Hatton Beck, Tennessee Willis “Nick” Hazard, Maine David Randall Johnson, Arkansas Gideon Jones, Florida and North Carolina Leslie Kay, New Zealand Kerry Krieger Clifford, Vermont Harvey Lauer, Illinois Don Maccabe, Texas Stephen Perreault, Massachusetts Andrew Poteet, Tennessee Debra Reames, Virginia Liz Schomerus, Nebraska Dick L. Seifert, Arkansas Rona Shaw, New Jersey Sister Melmarie Stoll, Wisconsin Sharon “Sonny” Summers, Texas and Maryland George Theriault, New Hampshire David Vialard, Illinois and Texas If you have questions or need more information, please write us at AERHistory.Memorial@gmail.com <mailto:AERHistory.Memorial@gmail.com>. With your help, we will honor our colleagues who have left us. Sincere thanks, 2018–2020 AER History and Memorial Committee Mary Nelle McLennan, Co-Chair, Pennsylvania Julie Hapeman, Co-Chair, Wisconsin Gala Brooks, Illinois Billy Brookshire, Texas Rod Kossick, Minnesota Lacey Long, North Dakota Lauralyn Randles, Illinois