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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sad news indeed. I’d run into him a few times over the years but never worked directly with him. A friendly curmudgeon if there ever was one. My condolences to his family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I’ll raise a glass of something non-alcoholic in his honor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Stagecraft <stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net> on behalf of "stagecraft@theatrical.net" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"stagecraft@theatrical.net" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, September 20, 2019 at 11:57 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"stagecraft@theatrical.net" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Ford Sellers <fsellers@chauvetlighting.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[SML] Eight Bells for Dick Archer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dick Archer, Technical Director at Cornell University, mentor to many of us, and longtime contributor to the list has passed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He was recently moved into Hospice, and surrounded by family at the time of his passing.
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<p class="MsoNormal">He had been battling liver cancer (ironic, as he never touched drugs or alcohol) for the last year and change.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dick has been an incredible resource to many of us over the years. He was a stagehand at Woodstock, mentored Tom Hanks (as a stagehand, not actor) at the Great Lakes Theatre, and worked as both a Professor at Cornell and freelance TD for
the last several decades.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">He was a sometimes curmudgeon (though never with a bit of spite), with a fantastic sense of humor who was almost world famous for his ability to mutter under his breath (somewhat like Yosemite Sam), while making himself perfectly clear.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dick was fantastically talented, brilliant, and extremely practical.
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<p class="MsoNormal">His list of professional accomplishments are way to long to list here. But suffice it to say, he will be missed by many.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I count myself very lucky to have been his friend.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, I propose a toast, and raise a glass of something that Dick would not drink (I prefer scotch, Dick would have milk and cookies) to a fantastic man, a friend, a mentor, a sounding board, a human encyclopedia… and someone whom I will
miss very much.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">-To Dick!<o:p></o:p></p>
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