I didn't even think of that, assuming he was just a collector.  I will copy
the relevant portion and pass it along, thank you.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Richard Petit
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:26 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Obit for Ormond McGill


Tom:

Check 2400 Years of Malacology on the ANSP website.  Ormond was written up
by Clover in the Hawaiian Shell News in 1980, 28(8):5 but we have no other
data besides Abbott's 1987 Directory listing.

Regards,

dick


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Eichhorst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:14 PM
Subject: Obit for Ormond McGill


>I received the following request and advised him I would ask the kind folks
> on Conch-L.  If you can help you may respond to me and I will forward it
> or
> you may respond directly to Gary Shapiro.  Thanks,
>
> Tom E.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Shapiro [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 6:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: About a conchologist Ormond McGill
>
>
> Dear Mr. Eichhorst,
>
>
> I am working on a possible obituary about Ormond McGill, who was a
> conchologist.  He was an author of books on hypnotism and lived in
> California.
>
> Do you know of any conchologists I could talk to who might have known
> about
> his involvement with conchology?
>
> Sincerely,
> Gary Shapiro
>
> Gary Shapiro
> The New York Sun
> 105 Chambers Street
> New York , NY 10007
>
> 212 406 2000 x 2667
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