Sudden death of delegate reminds many of life's fragility.Less than two minutes into Fred Adcock's Monday morning keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. , Robert C. Downes, president of RCD See residual current device. Publications of Springfield, Virginia, collapsed on the Mayflower Hotel ballroom floor and died shortly after at George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. Hospital. Our condolences go to his wife, Mary Louise Downes, and his three sons and one daughter. Adcock resumed his presentation after asking for a few moments of bowed-head silence--as did a number of other speakers in subsequent sessions. During the course of the otherwise business-filled conference, many delegates also revealed our common humanity in a number of ways: * Alfred M. Goodloe of Publisher's Multinational Direct for the first time missed NEPA's annual conference after being hit by a car days earlier and thrown about 20 feet onto Manhattan pavement. The eighties-something editor and publisher survived with few permanent injuries. Many of us at the conference traded affectionate stories about the indomitable in·dom·i·ta·ble adj. Incapable of being overcome, subdued, or vanquished; unconquerable. [Late Latin indomit and affable Al. * Another conference attendee, whom we didn't recognize at first, told us he lost about 30 pounds in a hard-fought battle over two years. He is now a "life coach" concentrating on the positive side of life. * Frank Joseph, publisher of the 1979-founded Federal Personnel Guide, sold that publication to concentrate on a slower lifestyle, consulting and working on some projects dear to him. * Another longtime newsletter associate took the bold personal step of abandoning his toupee, to reveal a handsome bare head to us all. * Maureen McKinney, a graduate student at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism (often just called Medill) is one of the premier journalism, integrated marketing, and media schools in the United States. with a love of newsletter journalism, inspired many of us with her circumspect cir·cum·spect adj. Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent. [Middle English, from Latin circumspectus, past participle of circumspicere, to take heed : maturity. The young woman's enthusiasm for the medium reminded us that the industry is blessed with a whole new generation of smart and ambitious journalists. Life goes on. |
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