[CTSARA] Hiram Percy Maxim II Passes Away at 72‏

[John Sabini Jr.]

Fw: Fw: ARLX001 Hiram Percy Maxim II Passes Away at 72‏
From: Anthony S Kucis (tony.kcs at juno.com)

Sent: Wed 1/16/08 7:34 PM

To: WB1GRB at HOTMAIL.COM

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From: DIRAN VARZHABEDIAN 
To: "Goodwin, Robert F." 
Cc: Anthony S Kucis 
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:49:22 -0500
Subject: Fw: ARLX001 Hiram Percy Maxim II Passes Away at 72
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I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE OF INTEREST. I SAW A STORY ABOUT HIRAM MAXIM ON
THE HISTORY CHANNEL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. IT WAS ABOUT THE MACHINE GUN HE
INVENTED 
BUT THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HAM RADIO.
73 DIRAN

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Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:42 PM
Subject: ARLX001 Hiram Percy Maxim II Passes Away at 72
>
> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX001
> ARLX001 Hiram Percy Maxim II Passes Away at 72
>
> ZCZC AX01
> QST de W1AW
> Special Bulletin 1 ARLX001
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT January 16, 2008
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB SPCL ARL ARLX001
> ARLX001 Hiram Percy Maxim II Passes Away at 72
>
> The grandson of ARRL co-founder Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW, died at
> home in Lyme, Connecticut on Saturday, January 12 after a lengthy
> battle with prostate cancer. Hiram Percy Maxim II -- called HPM
> just like his grandfather -- was 72.
>
> Not a ham, Maxim told the Newington Amateur Radio League at an
> October 2002 meeting that he doesn't feel he shares the inventive
> talents of his grandfather and great-grandfather, who held many
> patents between them; Maxim's great-grandfather invented the machine
> gun.
>
> He told the club audience that his grandfather took on radio and
> filmmaking as diversions from inventing -- an endeavor he considered
> extremely hard work. He also thought of Amateur Radio as a means to
> "bring together" individuals from distant locations and believed
> that communication was a key to better understanding other people
> and cultures.
>
> The elder Maxim -- often referred to as "The Old Man," or "TOM" --
> was an amateur film buff, and a highlight of his grandson's 2002
> presentation was a short 16 mm film that showed the elder Maxim and
> some of his friends working, relaxing and frolicking on the grounds
> of the family's summer home in Lyme, Connecticut, where HPM II lived
> until his death.
>
> His son, Merritt Maxim, told the ARRL, "Even though he didn't have
> an Amateur Radio license, he was aware of the importance of his
> family's role in founding the League. Through his father, my
> grandfather -- an active engineer -- he continued to maintain an
> interest in all things mechanical."
>
> A memorial service will be held at the Lyme Public Hall at 11 AM on
> Monday, January 21. Burial will be private. Memorial contributions
> may be made to the Lyme Public Hall Association, 249 Hamburg Rd,
> Lyme, CT 06371.
> NNNN
> /EX
>
>


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