[bksvol-discuss] Re: Paging Kenneth Cross
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:15:12 -0800 (PST)
Thanks for this, Carrie. Like Jamie I tried googling for him, thinking that if
he had passed away I'd find abn obit, but there were too many Kenneth Crosses,
even with adding phd or dr.He was a good scanner, of long and complicated
books, e.g., histories and othersCindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Tue, 2/16/10, Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Paging Kenneth Cross
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 10:59 AM
> 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.
>
> 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
>
> Currently Reading: Point Blank by Catherine Coulter
>
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>
>
> See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html
>
>
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