[Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 24 Feb 2022 to 25 Feb 2022 (#2022-50)

[Joan Hall]

Many ADS presidents served during Allan’s tenure as Executive Security, and we all knew that his steady presence would provide whatever we needed in the way of background history, procedures, and guidance. He brought those qualities to his role on the DARE Board of Visitors as well, where we appreciated his calm but humorous observations and suggestions. What a man, what a friend.

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> On Feb 25, 2022, at 9:01 PM, ADS-L automatic digest system <LISTSERV at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
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> There are 2 messages totaling 54 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
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>  1. Allan Metcalf (2)
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> What a sad day to hear that Allan has died!  I first met him in 1977 at Raven McDavid's NEH Summer Seminar. I have a picture from then, which I can't attach on the listserv, where Allan is on one end of a row and I'm on the other--how young we both were! No other person was as important to the ADS as Allan during his tenure as Executive Secretary. After Raven died I worked closely with Allan about the Hans Kurath Fund for the Linguistic Atlas. We first arranged for an annual subsidy when I got to Georgia, and later moved the Fund away from its expensive financial advisors to an online brokerage, where it remains today. Apart from handling the money, Allan was a member of our Atlas Advisory Board and always kept up with our research activities. I enjoyed seeing him every year at the ADS meeting, and in some years at ACLS meetings. He knew everybody, in his humble, unassuming way. And without appearing to do so, he was a major force in supporting dialect research as well as participating in ADS innovations like WOTY.  We will miss him.
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> Bill Kretzschmar
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> I too was so sad to hear about Allan. Unlike many of you, I did not know Allan personally for very long, but what an impression he made on me. His kindness, generosity, and patience while I tried to take on the impossible task of filling his shoes in the American Dialect Society were unforgettable. I will also always remember his dry, but never hurtful, wit. As I tailed him to various meetings, I came to know what a beloved man he was by everyone who knew him, and it certainly seemed that everyone knew him! In his memory, I will surely spend some time today with the many, many files of ADS history and lore I now have, thanks to Allan. May he Rest In Peace.
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> Julie Roberts
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