[bksvol-discuss] Re: Paging Kenneth Cross
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:59:03 -0800 (PST)
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?
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