Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/07

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Subject: Bob Schwalberg memorial
From: Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 14:05:10 -0500 (EST)

A few days before his 69th birthday, in Oct.,Bob Schwalberg 
passed away. There will be a memorial "meeting" of his friends on
4 March, Tuesday at 3 P.M., 123 West 18th Street (4th floor)
in New York City. It's at something called the Metropolitan
Center. It's between 6 and 7 Ave.
Most people remember Bob as a premier photo writer of technical 
teaching stories in Popular Photography magazine. He was also
at one time known as Mr. Leica, having worked in P.R. and 
product design at E.Leitz GmbH in Wetzlar for about 6 or 7
years. I was priviledged to be his friend and to hear his
personal stories about the Leica and his days at Leitz.
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a friend of Bob's and was always
referred to as "Hank" by him. It was our joke.
In April the Metropolitan Gallery will auction  Bob's
extensive book collection. We're in the process of setting
up a scholarship in his name. At least, I was asked to look
into the possibility of this by his family.
Thanks for "listening". Ed Meyers