My condolences to you, Norm, on the loss of a great friend and colleague.  Kathie

Katherine Schneider, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist, Emerita
Counseling Service
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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From: Equal Access to Software & Information [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:49 AM
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Subject: Dick Banks: EASI loses a valued friend and great colleague


Hello EASI friends and colleagues:

Please forgive the duplicate postings, but I know you all will want to know that Dick died yesterday.  This leaves a giant hole in the life of EASI and in my life as well.  Dick is my best friend.

Dick was diagnosed with cancer in early April, if I recall.  Even since then he had many good days when he was back on the Internet.  These were among his happiest days the last 3 months as working and helping others were the things that filled his life with joy.

Dick could learn new software like no one I know.  He loved to take its technical confusions and often opaque manuals and make those technology items easy for people to understand.  He also had a contagious optimism and sense of humor.  He was a man of integrity and never was satisfied to do a mediocre job.

God has blessed me to have Dick as a best friend and working buddy.

I ask you all to remember his family at this time.

You can read about Dick's bout with Cancer at the Care Page from the Mayo Clinic at: http://www.carepages.com/mayoclinic
You will need to register.  After which search for his page.  The name of the page is DicksJourney and note that is one word with no punctuation and does have a capital D and a capital J

If you want to contact Dick's wife, Carol, the address is:
310 Micheels Ln APT 1
Menomonie, WI 54751

You can also leave a message on the Care Page message Board.

Norm Coombs
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I want to thank you all for your support of Dick's and my work.

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