<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4807.2300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks, Kent, for the notice that one = of our profession's greats has passed on.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Richard Hassig, RPT, was the = university technician at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, but he contributed to our profession well beyond his job duties there. He taught technical classes to piano = technicians, chaired the PTG Visually Impaired Concerns Committee, consulted = with those producing the Journals on CD-ROM, helped give tuning exams, and wrote = articles for the PTG Journal 15 times. Most of these articles were in a series called "Tools of the Trade" written from 1985-87. This is = what I know from my personal association with Richard. There's much more, I'm sure.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Richard impressed everyone with his = good cheer and his can-do attitude. Thank goodness God made Richard blind, instead of = me. I would have been handicapped -- Richard wasn't.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Condolences to the Hassig family, to = the PTG Tri-City Chapter, and to University of Iowa technician, Steve Carver, = RPT, who thoughtfully assisted Richard in many ways over the years and co-taught = classes with him.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John = Baird</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>