Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Alan in Paradise
It seems that one's good deeds might actually get one admitted to a heaven of sorts. Later this month, when the Society of American Archaeology meets in sunny Puerto Rico, Symposium 97 on April 27 will focus on the sea-changing agreements and necessary compromises that Alan pioneered (ooh, maybe a bad connotation) on behalf of the cultural resources community, Native American nations, and the U.S. military National Guard during his 10+ year career there."Mission Possible!: Cultural Resource Preservation Across the Army National Guard: Papers in Honor of Alan J. Wormser," will be moderated by Alan's longtime co-worker in the C.R. trenches, Shellie Sullo. Many thanks to Kristin Wenzel and Jake Fruhliger for organizing this session in Alan's memory.
Lara is planning to attend. Debbie and I wish we could also be there. We are so glad Lara can go. She has landed pretty admirably on her feet here in the DC area, is reconnecting with friends, and adopted Alan's "kitty-with-issues" Nutmeg a couple months ago.
[image of Totem Pole beside front gate of Camp Mabry, where Alan worked throughout the 1990s]
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I am very happy to find this page. I worked with Alan at TxDOT many years ago, when I managed the archeological lab there. Apropos of nothing, I thought of him today and decided to "google" him. You cannot imagine my shock at what I found. For anyone reading this, Alan was an intelligent and interesting person, with a great sense of humor. He helped make TXDOT, a kind of purgatory in itself, bearable for the time we were there together. I remember his excitement when he moved to Camp Mabry for a new phase of his career. I'm now in a state of shock- I'm sorry he's gone and I'm sorry I didn't keep in touch with him for these many years.
When Isaac Asimov died, his successor as honorary president of the American Humanists got a good laugh when he said to a gathering- "Isaac is in Heaven now" He hoped that when his own time came, someone would say as much for him, to the same comic effect. I don't know if Alan's viewpoints changed much over the years, but I will say the same for him now- "Alan's in heaven now."
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When Isaac Asimov died, his successor as honorary president of the American Humanists got a good laugh when he said to a gathering- "Isaac is in Heaven now" He hoped that when his own time came, someone would say as much for him, to the same comic effect. I don't know if Alan's viewpoints changed much over the years, but I will say the same for him now- "Alan's in heaven now."
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