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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.
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