<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good Morning,<div>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.</div><div>Cathy<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> David Andrews via State-Affiliate-Leadership-List <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> April 19, 2019 at 10:53:08 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:david.andrews@nfbnet.org">david.andrews@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> David Andrews <<a href="mailto:dandrews@visi.com">dandrews@visi.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[State-affiliate-leadership-list] Fwd: Obituary of Frank Kurt Cylke</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> State Affiliate Leadership List <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span> > Subject: Obituary of Frank Kurt Cylke > >> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 12:12 PM ></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Obituary of Frank Kurt Cylke >> >></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>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!</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>---</span><br><span>This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.</span><br><span><a href="https://www.avg.com">https://www.avg.com</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>State-Affiliate-Leadership-List mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:State-Affiliate-Leadership-List@nfbnet.org">State-Affiliate-Leadership-List@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for State-Affiliate-Leadership-List:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org/cathyj1949%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org/cathyj1949%40gmail.com</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>