Cecil Rose
Cecil Rose, a long-time File 770 reader, died unexpectedly on May 14 at the age of 69.
As a member of the Corps of Cadets at Virginia Tech (VPI) Rose earned his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering in 1968. He served in the Air Force, attaining the rank of Captain, and earned a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.
After leaving the service he remained in the LA area, where he met his wife Carol.
He was a Jeopardy! champion, and a member of Mensa.
Rose joined the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society in 1993 and remained an active member until the end of the decade when he moved with his family to Cary, North Carolina, the state where he had grown up.
[Thanks to Francis Hamit for the story.]
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Very sorry to hear this. We had many a good conversation at LASFS.
Cecil used to contribute zines to APA-L and when he moved East he continued to do so in a more sporadic manner until recent years when he just subscribed to the APA so as to continue reading the words of many who had become friends.
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Marty Cantor