<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">This is profoundly sad news. Steve was, in many ways, the heart and soul of SPNHC, and he devoted countless hours and many years of service to the organization. I first met Steve in Toronto at the 1985 meeting where the idea for SPNHC was born, and got to know him when he was an instructor for the first Collections Care Pilot Training Program the following year. Steve was a very generous person, always willing to help others. I treasure the many long talks we had about collections management and museum studies in particular and about life in general. He provided much appreciated career advice and wise counsel. His greatest impact was probably as a teacher of museum studies students and as a devoted family man. His ready smile and his kind words will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">--John<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">John E. Simmons<br>Museologica<br>128 E. Burnside Street<br>Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010<br><a href="mailto:simmons.johne@gmail.com" target="_blank">simmons.johne@gmail.com</a><br>303-681-5708<br><i>and</i><br>Adjunct Curator of Collections<br>Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery<br>Penn State University<br>University Park, Pennsylvania<br><i>and</i><br>Instructor, Museum Studies<br>School of Library and Information Science<br>Kent State University</span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Revelez, Marcia (CDC/OPHSS/CSELS/DLS) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mte8@cdc.gov" target="_blank">mte8@cdc.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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is with profound sadness that I share the shocking news of the passing of our dear friend, Stephen L. Williams. He was the prototype for the Collection Manager and he had such a strong impact on how we manage natural history collections today - he helped
define the museum professional. His body of work includes over 130 publications, nearly 100 of those contributing to the body of knowledge about collections care and management. He was a native west Texan from Midland (where my family is from). He received
undergraduate and master’s degrees in biology as well as another master’s in Museum Science at Texas Tech University. His career included positions at the Natural Science Research Laboratory at Tech, Carnegie Museum, and Strecker Museum at Baylor (now the
Mayborn). He was a great mammalogist too and he combined the best of field research, mammal systematics, taxonomy, and broke ground on research pertaining to collections.
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<p class="MsoNormal">He was a strong family man, and the video at the end of his obituary can attest to that. We will miss you Steve. Rest well.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Obituary link: <a href="https://www.lakeshorefuneralhome.com/dr-stephen-l-williams/" target="_blank">
https://www.<wbr>lakeshorefuneralhome.com/dr-<wbr>stephen-l-williams/</a> . The funeral was today in Waco, TX. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dup15q Alliance (<a href="https://dup15q.networkforgood.com/projects/43843-support-the-dup15q-alliance-mission" target="_blank">https://dup15q.<wbr>networkforgood.com/projects/<wbr>43843-support-the-dup15q-<wbr>alliance-mission</a>).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When I traveled to my first SPNHC meeting and met him as a young professional – I felt like I was meeting the Father of Collections Management – and maybe he was. I still remember stalking him and wanting to talk to him and learn as much
as I could about his history and contributions – what a privilege. He was always encouraging and supportive and of course we had our Texas bond. I always thought that if you are a collections manager in mammalogy – there isn’t much that you do that didn’t
originate from him. My fondest memories will be all of those conversations but most of all dancing with him at those SPNHC banquets.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to use this email string to share memories of Steve.
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