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Deceased CSICOP People without Wiki Pages

This is a scratch page listing people associated with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry who do not yet have a Wiki bio but who are deceased. Possible good projects to work on since the special BLP rules do not apply.

George Allen Agogino

Born 18-Nov-1920, died 11-Sep-2000. Scientific and Technical Consultant. obit link obit link SSDI birth death

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T.X. Barber

Born 19-Jan-1927, died 10-Sep-2005. Psychologist, critic of hypnosis. Founding Fellow, then Scientific and Technical Consultant. SSDI for dob/dod NYTImes obit

Has an article Barber and Calverley that talks about him with his cohort David Smith Calverley.
Has French fr:Theodore Barber and German de:Theodore Barber bios already - German is better. Authorities already in his Wikidata

Charles J. Cazeau

Born 25 June 1931, died 1999. Scientific and Technical Consultant. Professor emeritus of geology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, the author of Exploring the Unknown (with Stuart D. Scott Jr.), and a contributor to Skeptical Inquirer and Free Inquiry. DOB at FamilySearch - resided in Arizona then Idaho near end of his life?

Bette Chambers

Born 31-Jul-1930, died 27-Oct-2015. Former President of American Humanist Association, Founding Fellow of CSICOP. obit link

Ronald J. Crowley

Born 12-Jun-1937, died 7-Nov-2009. SSDI obit

J. Dath

Born 1918, died 1996. "Professor of Statistics (Royal Military School of Belgium) one of the principal investigators of the Committee PARA in the Mars effect research."

Michael R. Dennett

Born 20-Jun-1949, died 2-May-2009. Scientific and Technical Consultant. obit link

Sid Deutsch

Born 19-Sep-1918, died 8-Jan-2011. Scientific and Technical Consultant. writings

Jean Dommanget

Born 13-June-1924, died 1-Oct-2014. Scientific and Technical Consultant. Astronomer. Has a French redirect fr:Jean Dommanget which goes to the Comité Para article.

Charles M. Fair

Born 18-Sep-1916, died 28-Jul-2014. Founding Fellow. Author of "The New Nonsense" obit

Robert E. Funk

Born 8-Feb-1932, died 25-Sep-2002. Scientific and Technical Consultant. Anthropologist, New York State Museum. spouse: Nadine Fowers Funk children: Alfred, Marlene SSDI for dob/dod

Yves Galifret

Born 1920, died 17-May-2013. French psychologist. Oddly, no French wiki. obit (PDF)

Saul Green Ph.D.

Born 1925, died 1-Jul-2007. writing blog (There is already a Saul Green so don't forget disambiguation).

William T. Jarvis

Born 19-Oct-1935, died 1-Mar-2016. Scientific and Technical Consultant. obit link (Don'f forget to link the disambig page William Jarvis)

Lawrence E. Jerome

Born 1915, died 2004. Science writer, engineer, founder of Bay Area Skeptics. Co-author of the "Objections to Astrology" paper with Kurtz and Bok. Very difficult to Google up stuff on this man because of the existence of Jerome Lawrence.

Richard Kammann

Born 1934, died 5-June-1984. Author of "The Psychology of the Psychic" with David Marks. Original edition 1980, second edition 2000. "The second edition is dedicated to Richard Kammann (1934-1984). Kammann died of a heart attack in 1984. Both of Kammann's brothers and one of his sisters also died due to heart attacks." obit link (PDF)

William V. Mayer

Born 25-Mar-1920 in California, died 30-Jun-1989 in Boulder, Colorado. Biologist, A.B. in zoology from UC Berkeley in 1941, Ph.D. in biology from Stanford in 1949. Professor Emeritus of biology at University of Colorado Boulder. Married December 23, 1941. middle name Vernon. obit link

William V. Mayer (1920-1989) was professor emeritus of biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder and editor-in-chief of Bookwatch. He held an A.B. in zoology from the University of California and a Ph.D. in biology from Stanford University. Mayer served as associate director and director of Biological Sciences Curriculum Study in Colorado Springs, CO, and was a past president and honorary member of NABT. He was chairman of NABT's 50th anniversary committee and editor of Scientific Integrity. He authored more than 300 books, articles and reviews on biology and biological education. deposition SSDI data Listed in "Pantheon of Skeptics"

Mark Plummer

Born ????, died June 16, 2011. Co-founder of Australian Skeptics, former executive director of CSICOP (succeeded by Barry Karr). CSICOP Fellow from v10n4 to v22n1. obit link New Scientist article when he joined CSICOP

Robert A. Steiner

Born 1934, died 4-Jan-2013. One of the founders of the Bay Area Skeptics Prompted by Mark Plummer & Dick Smith, he toured Australia in 1984 pretending to be a psychic named "Steve Terbot". Was president of the Society of American Magicians 1988-1989. CSICOP obit link Magicpedia entry (Note there is a Robert Steiner and Robert Steiner (writer) so don't forget disambiguation).

(Robert Sheaffer wants to help with this page creation) Draft here: User:Sgerbic/Robert_A._Steiner Sgerbic (talk) 15:10, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Ernest H. Taves

Born 1-Feb-1916, died 16-Aug-2003. Scientific and Technical Consultant. Science fiction writer and physician. Wife/kids names at FamilySearch. SSDI obit link

Richard S. Thill

Born 2-Nov-1935, died 2-Nov-2014. Scientific and Technical Consultant. Professor of German and folklore. obit link