[FPSPACE] FPSPACE Digest, Vol 64, Issue 26

[Jay Gallentine]

Dr. Siddiqi, very sad news indeed.

Jay Gallentine

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:00 AM, <fpspace-request at friends-partners.org>wrote:

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>   1. Peter Gorin (Asif Siddiqi)
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> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:02:05 -0400
> From: Asif Siddiqi <siddiqi at fordham.edu>
> Subject: [FPSPACE] Peter Gorin
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> Some of you may already know but I just found out that Peter Gorin
> passed away earlier this year on January 21, 2009 in Norfolk, VA. I am
> deeply saddened and shocked by this news. I first met Peter in the
> early 1990s at a time when the doors on Soviet space history had
> opened. He was one of the earliest and best analysts of this new
> information in the West. He published a number of significant pieces
> on Soviet space history, particularly on the Zenit and Yantar'
> reconnaissance satellite programs.
>
> On a personal note, he was a good friend of mine and was an incredibly
> generous and giving person. His help was invaluable to my first book,
> for which he contributed some excellent drawings. I will miss him.
>
> A brief note from The Daily Press (of Williamsburg, VA where Peter
> lived) here:
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>
> http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailypress/access/1630315771.html?dids=1630315771:1630315771&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+21%2C+2009&author=Anonymous&pub=Daily+Press&edition=&startpage=A.20&desc=PETER+ALEXANDER+GORIN
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> (not sure if the URL will come through as one string -- if not, a
> search at the following URL for "Gorin" will lead you to the
> announcement.)
>
> http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailypress/search.html
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> Sincerely,
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> Asif Siddiqi
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