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Silver Owl Lawrence Lamar Calvert dies from cancer at 82
Lawrence Lamar Calvert, a former Washington representative for the Tennessee Valley Authority and a 46-year member of the National Press Club, died at his home in Oak Ridge, Tenn., on Jan. 26 of cancer. He was 82. Calvert's career with TVA from 1962 to 1993 included being it's top lobbyist with Congress and the White House from 1973 to 1979, a time when the authority faced major environmental and legislative challenges. They included controversy over the endangered snail darter, clean air and strip-mining legislation, and expansion of TVA nuclear power facilities. Before moving to…
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Michael D. Max, 78, dies from cancer
Michael D. Max, an eminent geologist, author and a six-year member of the National Press Club, died May 31 of cancer. He was 78 and lived in D.C. Max authored more than 300 scientific papers and three textbooks, and at the time of his death was with Hydrate Energy International, a consulting company specializing in unconventional natural gas, particularly natural gas hydrate. His expertise included geology, geophysics, chemistry, acoustics, and information technology. Max had worked for the Geological Survey of Ireland on nearshore underwater exploration; the Naval Research Laboratory,…
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Golden Owl, Louis George Buttell, dies at age 93
Louis George Buttell, a former Newsweek reporter, combat veteran of the Korean War and 53-year member of the National Press Club, died June 5 after a long illness. He was 93 and lived in Leisure World in Silver Spring, Maryland. Buttrell's career included reporting for Newsweek before and after serving as a Marine Corps platoon leader during combat in mountainous territory in the Korean War. He later worked for the Voice of America, the Greenwich (Connecticut) Times, the March of Dimes and the American Podiatry Association. He served as president of the American Medical Writer's Association…
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Leo Rennert, former Washington bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers, 87
Leo Rennert, former Washington bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers and a 52-year member of the National Press Club, died April 4 in Bethesda, Md. He was 87. His daughter Sharon said he died of leukemia and had suffered from dementia for several years. Rennert worked for McClatchy during the 1970s and '80s, covering Washington focused on issues most relevant to his readers, from tracking their congressional delegations to probing federal departments and agencies. Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., said Rennert "built a reputation as a straight-shooting newspaper reporter with integrity. Our…
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Club member Kay Shaw Nelson, ex-CIA spy, dies at 93
Katherine (Kay) Shaw Nelson, a former CIA spy, world traveler and prolific cook book author who was a 45-year member of the National Press Club, died June 20 at her home of 60 years in Bethesda, Md. She was 93. Her daughter, Rae Nelson, said she died as she had wanted, at home and active to the end. Nelson was born in Lebanon, N.H., a small town just east of the Connecticut River near White River Junction. She began writing for her local newspaper while in high school, as male reporters went off to World War II, and then for the Manchester Union Leader. A top student, she won a…
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Club member Peter John Cutts, noted photographer, dies at 70
Peter John Cutts, a highly regarded professional photographer and 18-year member of the National Press Club, died July 3 of liver cancer at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was 70 and lived in Falls Church, Va. Cutts, who was cited by Washingtonian magazine as one of the area's top 10 photographers, was born in London where he drove a double-decker bus while working his way into fashion photography. He often regaled Club colleagues with accounts of photographing Twiggy, the rail-thin British model and cultural icon, early in her (and his) career. He worked…
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Terrence "Terry" Shea, a long-time Washington area reporter and editor and 42-year Club member, dies at 80
Terrence "Terry" Shea, a long-time Washington area reporter and editor and 42-year member of the National Press Club, died Sept. 20. He was 80 and lived in Silver Spring, Md. Shea's career included stints at the National Observer, Detroit News, Gannett News Service, Nation's Business, Kiplinger Washington Editors, Dow Jones, and HR Magazine. The following is from an obituary written by his son, Kevin, managing producer and supervising reporter for N.J. Advance Media in Trenton, N.J.: Shea was an editor and newsman for nearly 50 years, retiring in 2010 at 70 years old, a goal he’d set decades…
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Obituary for David A. Straz, Jr.
David A. Straz, Jr., a retired Tampa banker and billionaire philanthropist, who was a 21-year communicator member of the National Press Club, died Nov. 18 in Tampa. He was 77. Straz, who lost a bid for mayor of Tampa earlier this year, died in his sleep while on a fishing trip with friends. He started his career sweeping floors at a Milwaukee bank and went on to build and sell a chain of banks in Wisconsin and Florida, retiring to run a major charitable foundation supporting education and the arts. He was ambassador-at-large and honorary consul for the Republic of Liberia and donated $1.5…
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William (Bill) Bates, 67-year Club member, dies at 92
William (Bill) M. Bates, a 67-year member of the National Press Club whose career spanned journalism, government affairs and public relations, died Oct. 24 in Atlanta. He was 92 "He had a very interesting life that we are all very proud of," said his daughter, Mary Bates. She said her father enjoyed many dinners at the Club and the comradeship of the Reliable Source. Bates was born in Scott, Ga., and served as a signalman aboard a U.S. destroyer in the Pacific during World War II. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia, and was valedictorian of its Henry W. Grady…
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John Williams, pioneer writer on disabilities, dies at 74
John M. Williams, a pioneer writer on disability issues and a 22-year member of the National Press Club, died on Feb. 24. Williams, who lived in Fairfax, Va., was 74. He was the founder and former publisher of Assistive Technology News, a tabloid newspaper that covered assistive technology products and disabilities issues. Williams started writing about disabilities in 1978 and in 1982 coined the phrase "assistive technology" to describe products designed to benefit persons with disabilities. He wrote more than 2,000 articles on disability issues and helped raise awareness of disability…
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