[Nfbk] Fwd: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Fwd: Obituary of Frank Kurt Cylke

[Cathy Jackson]

Good Morning,
Frank Kirk Cylke, someone we in the blind community know well for his roll in the invention of accessible equipment has died. Read his obituary below.
Cathy

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> Date: April 19, 2019 at 10:53:08 PM EDT
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>> > Subject: Obituary of Frank Kurt Cylke > >> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 12:12 PM >
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>> Subject:  Obituary of Frank Kurt Cylke >> >>
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>> Obituary of Frank Kurt Cylke Sr. >> >> Kurt Cylke died on Thursday, April 17, 2019. He was born in New Haven, >> Connecticut on February 13, 1932 to his dear parents, Helen and Frank >> Cylke. He >> >> loved his family. And he was proud to have been a “librarian”. >> >> Kurt defined his professional career as a mission - to open the worlds >> of knowledge, learning and scholarship to the young, the old, the >> rich, the poor, >> >> the well-educated and the poorly educated. He lived out this mission >> at school and university libraries in Palm Beach and New Haven; at >> city public libraries >> >> in Bridgeport, New Haven and Providence; as a volunteer at the county >> library in Great Falls; through gifts of his treasured book >> collections - Arthur >> >> Ransome to Georgetown University and Moby Dick to Mystic Marine >> Museum; at United States government libraries, as chair of the Federal >> Library Committee; >> >> and, most distinctively, in his 38 year tenure as Director of the >> National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, >> Library of Congress. >> >> A career captured by an overriding idea. He believed libraries should >> be available and open to everyone, without distinction. >> >> Kurt’s career commitment to librarianship is reflected by the Joseph >> W. Lippincott Award, given to him by the American Library Association >> for a lifetime >> >> of distinguished service. >> >> In retirement, Kurt continued his lifelong love of books and reading. >> His preferences were long and varied. He also continued to treasure >> Great Falls, >> >> as a volunteer at the National Park and as an avid bird watcher with >> early morning groups. Kurt also was a member of the Knights of >> Columbus and member >> >> in good standing of the Crow’s Nest Officer Club, Saint John’s >> Newfoundland. But none of these activities matched the enthusiasm and >> energy that he devoted >> >> to the Apostleship of the Sea with weekly visits to the seafarers at >> the Port of Baltimore. >> >> Kurt’s beloved family was the most meaningful consideration in his own >> understanding of life and legacy. His wife Mary, son Kurt Jr. (Anna), >> daughters >> >> Amanda (Jeff) and Virginia (Mark), grandsons Michael, Callaghan, >> Thomas, granddaughters Molly and Harper, and his brother Owen (Nancy). >> And it is probably >> >> safe to say that each of them, and countless other colleagues, friends >> and volunteers, will continue to recall “Poppy’s” lifelong association >> with books, >> >> boats and birds. Those who knew Kurt will remember his advice, taken >> from Arthur Ransome, “Grab a chance and don’t be sorry for a might >> have been. “ >> >> He did much to benefit people who are blind through his leadership of >> NLS for 38 years. May he rest in peace!
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