[bksvol-discuss] Re: Paging Kenneth Cross

Thank you for posting this memorial. I'm only sorry the writer didn't know 
about his great contributions to Bookshare.He proofread one of the first books 
I scanned and was of immeasurable help.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Carrie Karnos 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:59 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Paging Kenneth Cross


  Hi Jamie,

  Kenneth Cross died last August. He was a long-time Bookshare member and 
volunteer, and we will all miss him.

  Here is his obituary:

  Obituary
  Kenneth Cross, former director of SUNY Research Foundation
  Published: August 19, 2009, 12:30 am

  May 12, 1938—Aug. 16, 2009

  Kenneth A. Cross, former director of the Research Foundation of the State 
University of New York, died unexpectedly Sunday while visiting family in Erie, 
Pa. He was 71.

  Mr. Cross was born in Silver Creek. His lifelong success at overcoming 
obstacles began after he lost his sight as an infant. He graduated high school 
from the School for the Blind in Batavia and earned a bachelor’s degree in 
history from the University of Buffalo in 1962.

  Mr. Cross taught several years in the Cleveland Hill School District while 
earning a master’s degree in education from Canisius College in 1964 and a 
doctorate in education from UB in 1969.

  His work with the Research Foundation, which is based at Buffalo State 
College, began in 1969 as a research coordinator and grant writer. In 1974, he 
took over as director of research, development and administration, assuming 
responsibility for grants and development at the college.

  After retirement in 1997, Mr. Cross conducted a private grants development 
practice.

  Throughout his career, Mr. Cross served as a consultant for regional and 
national conferences and organizations, spoke on issues in education and 
authored numerous articles on learning resources, data management and computer 
applications in education.

  He also served as a school board member for Martin Luther Christian School in 
Eggertsville, an instructor at Niagara County Community College, a consultant 
to the U. S. Office of Education and assisted a Senate subcommittee on 
legislation for the handicapped.

  In a 1968 newspaper article, Mr. Cross was quoted as saying that what he 
wants for every blind person is what he himself has achieved by refusing to 
accept dependence: a role in society whose contribution has little bearing on 
“the minor inconvenience” of not being able to see.

  In recent years, the longtime Town of Tonawanda resident indulged his passion 
for reading, sang in the choir at First Trinity Lutheran Church and spent time 
with his grandchildren.

  He first wife, Judith B. Nablo Cross, died in 2000.

  Survivors include his wife, the former Judith R. McDermott; four sons, 
Thomas, Kenneth, Kevin and Stephen; two daughters, Michelle Hawk and Tracey 
Johnson; and three brothers, David, Stanley and Raymond.

  A memorial service will be at 3 p. m. Friday in First Trinity Lutheran 
Church, 1570 Niagara Falls Blvd., Town of Tonawanda.




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  From: "Jamie Yates, CPhT" <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx>
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 10:01:27 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Paging Kenneth Cross


  Carrie, do you know if Kenneth Cross was from Tennessee?

  -- 
  Jamie in Michigan

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