By
FLAVIO GORI gori@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/inspire
Dear Friends,
as you know one of the best VLF worldwide researcher is suddenly
dead. His name was Bill Taylor and he worked for Nasa at Goddard
Space Flight Center. He was a close Friend of mine and I have
written a short note for him as well as a little bit longer memory.
Flavio Gori
Bill
Taylor http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nssdc_news/june96/11_j_king_0696.html
Bill
Taylor, uno dei più attenti e capaci ricercatori nel mondo
delle onde radio molto lunghe (VLF) è scomparso improvvisamente
questa mattina nella sua casa di Washington D.C.
Co-Fondatore e Presidente di Inspire Project,
si è battuto dalla fine degli anni 70 per far si che la
ricerca fosse fatta da gruppi di ricercatori professionisti insieme
ad amatori e studenti, per creare una maggiore consapevolezza
dell'importanza della ricerca scientifica in ogni strato della
popolazione mondiale, affinchè sia possibile prendere decisioni
consapevoli anche su questioni spinose in cui non sempre chi è
chiamato a rispondere ha la necessaria competenza. Compresi i
politici.
Per noi de LoScrittoio.it la perdita di un punto di riferimento
e di un Amico come Bill, è una drammatica evenienza a cui
certamente non potevamo essere preparati. Cercheremo di proseguire
senza i suoi preziosi consigli, cercando di fare tesoro delle
tante dritte, dei tanti suggerimenti e spiegazioni che ci dato
in questi lunghi anni di rapporto stretto ed amichevole.
Ci mancherai tanto, Bill.
Le nostre più sentite condoglianze alla moglie Kathleen.
16/07/2005
Bill
Taylor http://quest.nasa.gov/ltc/poetry_image/
Saturday
July 16 2005, Dr William (Bill) Taylor is suddenly passed away.
Italian and worldwide Inspire members as well as any VLF researcher
will remember Bill as a friend, a mentor an adviser. His works
on the low radio spectrum is clearly great and the same we have
to say about his will to put his knowledge at disposal of every
person who simply ask for it.
Inspire
project
is a no profit scientific organization that Bill did start with
three more Friends in the late 70' and did
his best to keep up the good work, inviting people from all over
the world to join that Association, teaching most of them the
pleasure to research and work on the field, joining professional,
amateur and students to the same work. A great idea he still loved
until yesterday. I personally remember that every time I have
asked him for something, he always spent his time to help me.
Never said "sorry I have no time for this one" or something
like that. Of course his remarks were always extremely useful
and good.
Very
unfortunately I never personally met Bill, but he was the person
I phoned to September 11 2001 when "something" I understood
was happening close to his home in Washington D.C. Fortunately
he and his wife Kathleen were safe.
Of
course a relationship starting in 1992 and continuing to go on
until these days has to be good. And it was that way indeed. We
never had something wrong during all these years and, very sadly
indeed, my family was planning an American tour during 2004 that
was impossible to do and the same we were doing in these days
to arrange a tour next year. A tour when we'd have loved to meet
people we are usually in touch for VLF or atmospheric and space
research.
Bill Taylor should has to be the very first to meet, arriving
from Europe.
Not
only Inspire Project.
He did attend our Hessdalen conference during March 2004 at Cecina
(Italy) in a Quick Time movie, where all of us understood his
skill, experience and great way to speak to let everybody understand,
even difficult subject. The same he did with Bill Pine, Mike Mideke
and Jim Ericson when they gave out Inspire Project many years
ago. Their will was to put science to most of us. Even an apparently
niche subject as the very low electromagnetic waves has becoming
usual to talk about. And most of us realized about VLF just because
Inspire. Nowadays VLF and below are a known item because of them.
Personally
I will never forget the help Bill gave me in August 1999, about
the then called Marina VLF receiver that I proposed to fly on
high altitude balloons. Bill did support this idea, even using
my daughter's name, with Dennis Gallagher and Friends at Marshall.
Last Monday and Thursday we were in touch for some suggestions
about audio software for the Mac, as we used to do so many times
in all these years.
Beside
Inspire, Image, Radio Jove and many more activities, he gave us
(and me in particular) a lot of help about the Hessdalen lights
research, putting his great skill at our disposal, with no problem.
All Norwegian and Italian researchers and Friends are sharing
our deepest sadness.
Next Wednesday he should have been honored with the Goddard Space
Flight Center Award for Excellence in Education. We all feel he
deserves that award very much.
I'd
like propose an Award in Bill Taylor's memory or a worldwide VLF
day field in His name as a NASA and Inspire Project way to recognize
your lovely way to act, with everybody.
Thanks
Bill. Thanks indeed. Many people will never forget you, and I'll
be between them.
Our
deepest condolences to His wife, Kathleen.
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Flavio Gori
NASA - INSPIRE Project, Inc.
Goddard Space Flight Center
European Coordinator
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/inspire
Edizioni in Rete
http://www.LoScrittoio.it
American
Geophysical Union (A.G.U.) Member
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