Re: [Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
I met Bill while he was toiling away in the basement physics lab. He always had time for lunch discussions with updates on the tokamak project, science news, and interesting stories of the exploits of cavers and cave divers. It always cracked me up that he kept one of the problematic circuit breakers as a book end for his caving books. Bill loaned me his gear the first time I was on rope and my first few caving trips. Thanks to Bill I found a great group of friends and many memorable experiences. We continued to share meals in the last few years. Though the food was more bland, I enjoyed that the subject matter was the same but with updated material and some great observational humor of his fellow residents. Rest in peace. +Sean Vincent Sent from my iPhone > On May 9, 2019, at 00:19, Carl Kunath wrote: > > I agree with everything Elliott wrote. Bill Mixon was a friend for many > years and I shall miss him in several ways. > > There are a lot of statistics in the comments below but they scarcely begin > to enumerate the contributions Bill Mixon > made to the caving world. He had a hand in nearly all the speleo-literature > coming from Texas in the past 20 years. > If not for him, the quality and frequency of publications would have surely > been less impressive. > > Bill had a talent for organization and detail and he was a strong grammarian > as well. Beyond all that, he was a fun > person to chat with and was very knowledgeable in many fields. His frequent > book reviews were thoughtful and > entertaining. His dry sense of humor was a delight. > > R.I.P. Bill Mixon. I miss you dearly. You were unique and cannot be > replaced. > > ===Carl Kunath > carl.kun...@suddenlink.net > > > > From: William R. Elliott > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2019 11:33 PM > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon > > Bill Mixon > > Bill Mixon worked tirelessly over many years on AMCS publications and the > website. He maintained the AMCS files at his house, which today is the Texas > Speleology Center. Mixon was editor of the AMCS Activities Newsletter for 21 > issues from 1992 to 2018, a total of 2952 pages, or 56% of the 5272 > newsletter pages published since 1965. He served as layout editor and > production manager for many issues of the AMCS Bulletin with little or no > credit. He also placed images of 4065 cave maps on the AMCS website. We now > have a project to carry on his tradition and index all the cave maps that > Mixon put online for us. > > Mixon was a very patient and resourceful layout editor for my AMCS Bulletin > 26 on cavefishes last year. I deeply appreciate his work. > > Many cavers contributed to these newsletters and bulletins, and all deserve > our thanks and respect, but none did more than Bill Mixon. Thank you Bill, we > will miss you. > > I have a 13 March 2013 photo of Mixon at his Macintosh computer in his > library, which I will try and post here and on Dropbox at > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qrtqdtlm4uuy1wb/AAAXKI7lOuobu7DjG8tbQHrka?dl=0 > > > > Thanks, > > William R. (Bill) Elliott > > speodes...@gmail.com > > 573-291-5093 cell > > > > > On May 8, 2019, at 17:34, Jocelyn Hooper wrote: > > > > I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon > > died this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter > > Sprouse is compiling the obit. > > Jocie > > > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
I agree with everything Elliott wrote. Bill Mixon was a friend for many years and I shall miss him in several ways. There are a lot of statistics in the comments below but they scarcely begin to enumerate the contributions Bill Mixon made to the caving world. He had a hand in nearly all the speleo-literature coming from Texas in the past 20 years. If not for him, the quality and frequency of publications would have surely been less impressive. Bill had a talent for organization and detail and he was a strong grammarian as well. Beyond all that, he was a fun person to chat with and was very knowledgeable in many fields. His frequent book reviews were thoughtful and entertaining. His dry sense of humor was a delight. R.I.P. Bill Mixon. I miss you dearly. You were unique and cannot be replaced. ===Carl Kunath carl.kun...@suddenlink.net From: William R. Elliott Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2019 11:33 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon Bill Mixon Bill Mixon worked tirelessly over many years on AMCS publications and the website. He maintained the AMCS files at his house, which today is the Texas Speleology Center. Mixon was editor of the AMCS Activities Newsletter for 21 issues from 1992 to 2018, a total of 2952 pages, or 56% of the 5272 newsletter pages published since 1965. He served as layout editor and production manager for many issues of the AMCS Bulletin with little or no credit. He also placed images of 4065 cave maps on the AMCS website. We now have a project to carry on his tradition and index all the cave maps that Mixon put online for us. Mixon was a very patient and resourceful layout editor for my AMCS Bulletin 26 on cavefishes last year. I deeply appreciate his work. Many cavers contributed to these newsletters and bulletins, and all deserve our thanks and respect, but none did more than Bill Mixon. Thank you Bill, we will miss you. I have a 13 March 2013 photo of Mixon at his Macintosh computer in his library, which I will try and post here and on Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qrtqdtlm4uuy1wb/AAAXKI7lOuobu7DjG8tbQHrka?dl=0 Thanks, William R. (Bill) Elliott speodes...@gmail.com 573-291-5093 cell > On May 8, 2019, at 17:34, Jocelyn Hooper wrote: > > I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon died > this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter Sprouse is > compiling the obit. > Jocie --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
*Bill Mixon* Bill Mixon worked tirelessly over many years on AMCS publications and the website. He maintained the AMCS files at his house, which today is the Texas Speleology Center. Mixon was editor of the AMCS Activities Newsletter for 21 issues from 1992 to 2018, a total of 2952 pages, or 56% of the 5272 newsletter pages published since 1965. He served as layout editor and production manager for many issues of the AMCS Bulletin with little or no credit. He also placed images of 4065 cave maps on the AMCS website. We now have a project to carry on his tradition and index all the cave maps that Mixon put online for us. Mixon was a very patient and resourceful layout editor for my AMCS Bulletin 26 on cavefishes last year. I deeply appreciate his work. Many cavers contributed to these newsletters and bulletins, and all deserve our thanks and respect, but none did more than Bill Mixon. Thank you Bill, we will miss you. I have a 13 March 2013 photo of Mixon at his Macintosh computer in his library, which I will try and post here and on Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qrtqdtlm4uuy1wb/AAAXKI7lOuobu7DjG8tbQHrka?dl=0 Thanks, *William R. (Bill) Elliott* *speodes...@gmail.com * 573-291-5093 cell On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 7:51 PM Fofo wrote: > It fills my heart with sadness to hear this. I'll miss him. > > - Fofo > > > > > On May 8, 2019, at 17:34, Jocelyn Hooper > wrote: > > > > I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon > died this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter > Sprouse is compiling the obit. > > Jocie > > ___ > > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
It fills my heart with sadness to hear this. I'll miss him. - Fofo > On May 8, 2019, at 17:34, Jocelyn Hooper wrote: > > I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon died > this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter Sprouse is > compiling the obit. > Jocie > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
So sorry to hear this. RIP Bill Carol On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 8:34:56 PM EDT, Jocelyn Hooper wrote: I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon died this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter Sprouse is compiling the obit.Jocie ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon died this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter Sprouse is compiling the obit. Jocie ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
