From: Eileen Richards <er1@b...>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 06:50:59 -0500
Subject: Adam Delafield
I've been a member of this list since it started, purely to make sure it was working correctly, as it was one of the first ones we set up here. Adam was the administrator and did all the work and to be honest I don't know anything about Full Thrust other than Adams interest in it. I have however been extremely moved by the comments that have been posted since Jon notified the list of the sad news and I thought that you might wish to know a little about Adam as I presume you all only knew him through the list. In the circumstances I don't think it is appropriate to give an address for cards but I will make sure that his parents and brother are aware of your condolences. Adam was 26 years of age and died of pneumonia on either Thursday or Friday last week. He lived alone and was found by his father in bed. He had been at work on Wednesday and was obviously suffering from either flu or a very bad cold. It was therefore no surprise when he phoned in sick on Thursday but it honestly did not appear to be any more serious than that. It was a great shock when we received the phone call from his parents on Monday morning. Adam and I first met in 1990 when we were both students, he was a quiet person, but had a very quick, dry sense of humour and was always ready to go on any office outing and invariably was one of the last ones to go home. He was a very nice person and will be sadly missed. As far as the mailing list is concerned Jon will take over as administrator initially and as he says he will see how it goes.