The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 43, October 27, 2002, Article 1

EDITOR DAVID BLOCK DIES

  Catherine Block Silas writes: "Regretfully I report the death
  of my dear brother David H. Block on October 16, 2002.
  He was editor of the Asylum from the summer of 1988
  until the summer of 1991. He enjoyed his tenure as editor
  and the interesting relationship with Carling Gresham."

  Joel Orosz writes: "David was the proverbial "gentleman
  of the old school," a courtly, gentle, scholarly man with a
  wide breadth of interests and learning.  He was slight of build
  and quiet of demeanor, but had a puckish sense of humor.
  He edited The Asylum with dignity and erudition.

  I wrote about the difficulties that David (and the rest of the
  club) had with Carling Gresham during the time when David
  was editor (see my history of the NBS published along with
  the Index to The Asylum) so I won't repeat them here.
  Suffice it to say that David behaved with class throughout
  the entire trying time, and relinquished his editorial duties
  with the same quiet dignity.

  David was a man of many parts, but they all added up to
  an admirable whole.  The hobby will miss him."

  [NBS Members and other E-Sylum readers who knew
  David Block are encouraged to write to me any
  remembrances they may have; we're compiling them
  for publication in a future Asylum.  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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