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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The items below are a small reflection of a person who some of us in the NFBI knew very well. Lloyd Rasmussen was probably my closest friend from first grade until we graduated together in 1965. IBSSS did their best to cause Lloyd not to be friends with me but.. I have said many times that between Lloyd’s brains and my mouth we were able to get many things done.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>In the NFBI Lloyd was a member of the Cedar Rapids Chapter in the late sixties and early seventies. He was active in the Des Moines Chapter until he moved to Maryland to take a position with NLS where his final project was being one of the engineers involved in the E-Reader project.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It is also noteworthy that many of the NFB songs were composed by Lloydand other members of his Maryland Chapter. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob Ray<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On Tue, 14 Sep 2021, 07:31 David Andrews via BlindMath, <<a href="mailto:blindmath@nfbnet.org">blindmath@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br>>I am sad to have to pass this along. As many people know, Lloyd <br>>worked for NLS for many years, in technical roles, and was involved <br>>in digital talking books, and many other projects. Lloyd's technical <br>>knowledge never ceased to amaze me. He could answer more questions <br>>than about anyone else I know. I will miss him.<br><br><br>Dave Andrews<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br><br><br>>I just talked to Judy. Lloyd passed away at 2:30 this morning. He <br>>got to see some of his friends yesterday, but they decided together <br>>to stop his medication. He died as peacefully as possible under the <br>>circumstances, and Judy and a friend were there with him. There <br>>will be a memorial service. We will give details when we have them.<br>><br>>Debbie<br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>MD-Sligo mailing list<br>><a href="mailto:MD-Sligo@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">MD-Sligo@nfbnet.org</a><br>><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/md-sligo_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/md-sligo_nfbnet.org</a><br>>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info <br>>for MD-Sligo:<br>><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/md-sligo_nfbnet.org/dandrews920%40comcast.net" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/md-sligo_nfbnet.org/dandrews920%40comcast.net</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>BlindMath mailing list<br><a href="mailto:BlindMath@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">BlindMath@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for BlindMath:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindmath_nfbnet.org/nirmalkatara%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindmath_nfbnet.org/nirmalkatara%40gmail.com</a><br>BlindMath Gems can be found at <<a href="http://www.blindscience.org/blindmath-gems-home" target="_blank">http://www.blindscience.org/blindmath-gems-home</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>