[Texascavers] Just reminiscing

2019-03-25 Thread David
Myself and GHG Alumni member, Kenny McGee just had dinner, Monday, March 25th, in memory of old friends and made a toast to Bill Russell. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5iktu0wgrk3jcwx/KennyMcGee-DavidLocklear.jpg?dl=0 It has been about 6 months since we had seen each other. He is 73, and I am

Re: [Texascavers] Bill Russell, newspaper articles and magazine covers

2019-03-25 Thread Logan
Bill also appeared on the cover of the Texas Caver several times (e.g. March 1995), and in newspaper articles. I have copies of some of them, but not a complete collection or list. Does anyone have those? On 3/25/2019 1:11 PM, Katherine Arens wrote: thanks, bill for reminding us katie On Mar

Re: [Texascavers] Passing of Bill Russel

2019-03-25 Thread Katherine Arens
Thanks, Geary He was doing just fine cognitively, thank god, after his 2010 stroke. But he broke his hip after xmas, then was in rehab, then came home for one week, and got the flu and whatever. He was almost 82, and i think he wore out after almost a decade of fighting. He did everything he

[Texascavers] Passing of Bill Russel

2019-03-25 Thread Geary Schindel
Katie, I’m very sorry to hear of Bill’s passing. I know he has been in relatively poor health for a while. I was glad to get to meet him for the first time when I first came to Texas about 20 years ago. He was in his element and obviously a professional (I thought he might have had some

Re: [Texascavers] Bill Russell - recipient of the NSS’ highest award

2019-03-25 Thread Katherine Arens
thanks, bill for reminding us katie On Mar 25, 2019, at 1:07 PM, Bill Steele mailto:cwilliamste...@gmail.com>> wrote: The two highest awards awarded by the National Speleological Society (NSS), considered to be equally the highest, are the Honorary Member Award and the William J. Stephenson

[Texascavers] Bill Russell - recipient of the NSS’ highest award

2019-03-25 Thread Bill Steele
The two highest awards awarded by the National Speleological Society (NSS), considered to be equally the highest, are the Honorary Member Award and the William J. Stephenson Award for Outstanding Service. Bill Russell received the Honorary Member Award in 1998. Other Texans, or cavers or cave