SB QST @ ARL $ARLB013<br />ARLB013 Pacific Division Director Jim Maxwell, W6CF, SK<br /><br />ZCZC AG13<br />QST de W1AW <br />ARRL Bulletin 13 ARLB013<br />>From ARRL Headquarters <br />Newington CT February 7, 2003<br />To all radio amateurs <br /><br />SB QST ARL ARLB013<br />ARLB013 Pacific Division Director Jim Maxwell, W6CF, SK<br /><br />Pacific Division Director Jim Maxwell, W6CF, died February 6 at his<br />home in Redwood Estates, California. He was 69 years old.<br /><br />Pacific Division Vice Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG, takes over<br />immediately as Director; ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, will<br />appoint a new Vice Director. Maxwell, a Life Member of the League,<br />also previously served as Pacific Division Vice Director and Santa<br />Clara Valley Section Manager.<br /><br />"Jim Maxwell was a gentle giant of a man," Haynie said. "He was one<br />of the best assets Amateur Radio could have in a leadership<br />position."<br /><br />David Sumner, K1ZZ, ARRL Chief Executive Officer said, "Jim Maxwell<br />was one of the most brilliant people I have ever had the privilege<br />to know. He was also one of the most unselfish and one of the most<br />modest."<br /><br />Maxwell was an avid DXer and contester. He served as an ARRL<br />Emergency Coordinator from 1991 to 1999 and he was a member of the<br />ARRL DX Advisory Committee from 1988 through 1994. Maxwell<br />previously held the call W6CUF.<br /><br />His interest in radio and electronics history was well known,<br />extensively collecting amateur radio documents and memorabilia.<br />Professionally, Maxwell held doctoral degrees in aeronautical<br />engineering and biomechanics.<br /><br />He retired from the Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation as a<br />technical consultant in 1992 and from Scitor Corporation in 1998.<br />NNNN<br />/EX