[cdn-nucl-l] Ray Silver's Memorial Service

[Adam Gordon McLean <mclean@ecf.utoronto.ca>]

This is the memorial in yesterday's Toronto Star for Ray's service.

SILVER, L. Raymond _ R.A.F. 10th Squadron. On April 14, 2001 at Mt. Sinai
Hospital. Will be greatly missed by wife Lynne, children Christopher,
Stephen, Eric, and Jane, stepchildren Keith and Deborah. Grandfather
''OB'' to Christopher, Ruth, Sarahjane, Rachel, Emily, Rebecca, Ryan,
Stephen, Brendan, Wesley. Special thank you to Dr. Wax and the staff at
Mt. Sinai I.C.U. Also a special thank you to Wendy and Doug of 52
Division. Friends will be received at the ''SCARBOROUGH CHAPEL'' of
McDougall & Brown, 2900 Kingston Rd. (east of St. Clair Ave. E.) for a
memorial service in the chapel on Wednesday at 2 p.m. -Source: The Toronto
Star

04/16/2001

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From: "Whitlock, Jeremy" <whitlockj@aecl.ca>
To: "CNS-LISTSERV (E-mail)" <cdn-nucl-l@informer2.cis.McMaster.CA>
Date:  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:24:09 -0400
Subject: [cdn-nucl-l] Ray Silver passed away

Many listserv subscribers will know the name Ray Silver, synonymous with
nuclear journalism in this country for decades and until recently the
Canadian correspondent for Nuclear News.  Ray passed away this weekend
suddenly from a massive stroke.  The funeral is this Wednesday.

Ray Silver had been writing about Canadian nuclear science and technology
since 1952.  In earlier days Mr. Silver was a reporter for the Windsor
Star,
Toronto Daily Star, and the Globe & Mail.  During WWII he flew with Bomber
Command and was shot down over Holland.  Post-war he edited The Etobicoke
Press, Canadian Atomic Newsletter, and Journal of College of General
Practice, and wrote articles for Maclean's and business publications.  He
also had his own PR firm for a quarter century.

>From 1978 until his retirement last August (2000) Ray was a member of the
Ontario legislative press gallery for McGraw-Hill energy publications
(Nucleonics Week).  He reported on the 1986 Chernobyl information sessions
at the IAEA for Canadian Press, and is also the author of "Fallout from
Chernobyl" (1987), as well as "The Last of the Gladiators" (1995) about
his
wartime experiences.

Jeremy Whitlock