Duncan Oxley RIP

[fpawn]

I received this bit of sad news while checking email during my vacation.

Duncan Oxley of Marina, CA passed away on Sunday, September 2. He will be remembered as an active chess lover, in recent years as a correspondence player and as an active ICC administrator and tournament director. He founded the Marina Chess Club as a means of providing a chess scene in the Monterey area. In the past year, Duncan also spent much time moderating the new USCF Forums and will be honored in the October issue of Chess Life as Volunteer of the Month. Everything that Duncan did was to promote chess worldwide. He will be missed around the globe.

Duncan was very passionate about building chess at the Marina Library. Donations can be made to:

Friends of Marina Library
PO Box 493
Marina, California 93933

Michael Aigner

[TomLangland]

more information about Duncan here:

http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_530.php