20-06-2012, 06:30 PM
While it is true that the JFKresearch Assassination Forum was Rich DellaRosa's brainchild it was Jack White's work that inspired its creation. I first contacted Jack in about 1988 as he had
been a consultant for the HSCA a decade earlier. He very graciously replied to my letter and was quite helpful. After seeing his work on The Men Who Killed Kennedy in the early 90's I called
him on the telephone. We remained in contact from that day on. In about 1997 he told me that his friend, Rich DellaRosa, was launching a forum and that he [Jack] would recommend my
admission to Rich. Back then Rich was very protective of his site due to all of the disruptive behavior that was rampant on the newsgroups. There were perhaps a half dozen founding members
in all. Between Rich's dedication to providing a venue capable of encouraging research and Jack's keen ability to demonstrate his ideas graphically the forum flourished for 13 years.
I first met Jack in person at the Lancer NID conference in 2000. He introduced me to Jim Marrs and a few others as, "Gerald Posner's brother" -- just for shock value. It was quite hysterical. The
last time we got together was in 2010. After I spoke at the COPA conference my wife and I visited with him and Sue at there home in Fort Worth. We went out for a nice lunch and then Jack
took us on a driving and walking tour of Fort Worth of which he is quite an expert. Each place we went he would pull EXTREMELY slowly into the parking space and inch up to the guard pole at
the front of the parking spot...inch by slow inch he would go...until... we'd hear the "click" of the front bumper just barely making contact with the pole. It was completely safe and at once quite
amusing, as well.
There are too many war stories and such to go into here. Suffice to say, I will miss him, the research community will miss him, and his legacy will live on...
RIP, my friend.
been a consultant for the HSCA a decade earlier. He very graciously replied to my letter and was quite helpful. After seeing his work on The Men Who Killed Kennedy in the early 90's I called
him on the telephone. We remained in contact from that day on. In about 1997 he told me that his friend, Rich DellaRosa, was launching a forum and that he [Jack] would recommend my
admission to Rich. Back then Rich was very protective of his site due to all of the disruptive behavior that was rampant on the newsgroups. There were perhaps a half dozen founding members
in all. Between Rich's dedication to providing a venue capable of encouraging research and Jack's keen ability to demonstrate his ideas graphically the forum flourished for 13 years.
I first met Jack in person at the Lancer NID conference in 2000. He introduced me to Jim Marrs and a few others as, "Gerald Posner's brother" -- just for shock value. It was quite hysterical. The
last time we got together was in 2010. After I spoke at the COPA conference my wife and I visited with him and Sue at there home in Fort Worth. We went out for a nice lunch and then Jack
took us on a driving and walking tour of Fort Worth of which he is quite an expert. Each place we went he would pull EXTREMELY slowly into the parking space and inch up to the guard pole at
the front of the parking spot...inch by slow inch he would go...until... we'd hear the "click" of the front bumper just barely making contact with the pole. It was completely safe and at once quite
amusing, as well.
There are too many war stories and such to go into here. Suffice to say, I will miss him, the research community will miss him, and his legacy will live on...
RIP, my friend.
GO_SECURE
monk
"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
James Hepburn -- Farewell America (1968)
monk
"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
James Hepburn -- Farewell America (1968)