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   ARLX001 Long-Time ARRL Vice Director, Honorary Vice President Evelyn Gauzens,   
   W4WYR (SK)   
      
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   Special Bulletin 1  ARLX001   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  February 2, 2016   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
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   ARLX001 Long-Time ARRL Vice Director, Honorary Vice President Evelyn Gauzens,   
   W4WYR (SK)   
      
   A beloved member of the extended ARRL family has passed on. Evelyn Gauzens,   
   W4WYR, of Dunedin, Florida, died on January 31. She would have turned 87 this   
   week. An ARRL Life Member, Gauzens served as the Southeastern Division Vice   
   Director for more than 20 years. The ARRL Board of Directors elected her as an   
   Honorary Vice President in 2002. She may be best known in the wider Amateur   
   Radio community for having co-founded the Miami Tropical Hamboree and chairing   
   it for 45 years. Past ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, said that when she   
   became a Vice Director in 1990, Gauzens was there for her as the "go-to"   
   person for newcomers to learn the ropes.   
      
   "When I was preparing the supporting materials for her nomination as ARRL   
   Honorary Vice President, I learned about her role with Amateur Radio at the   
   National Hurricane Center," Craigie said. "She was a leader, she had a sense   
   of humor, and she was kind. She contributed to Amateur Radio and her   
   community. I am so glad that I could visit with her again at Orlando, so her   
   face remains fresh in my memory. She was physically frail of course, but her   
   mind was as sharp as ever, and she left me laughing." Craigie expressed her   
   condolences to Gauzens' family.   
      
   Gauzens received a W4EHW/National Hurricane Center Award of Appreciation in   
   2003 during the annual Amateur Radio Hurricane Conference. That same year, she   
   was honored for her 50 years of ARRL membership. Gauzens was a member of the   
   Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA), a life member of the Dade Radio   
   Club of Miami, and a participant in the Florida Phone Traffic Net. She also   
   belonged to the A-1 Operators Club.   
      
   In 2001, the she was the recipient of the Citizens' Ham Mobile-Marine Patrol   
   (CHAMP) Award, presented to an Amateur Radio operator for an exemplary act of   
   service to the community during the preceding year, or to an amateur who has   
   demonstrated years of distinguished service to both Amateur Radio and the   
   community. She was an ARRL VEC volunteer examiner. In 2002, Kenwood honored   
   Gauzens with its "Top Gun Award."   
      
   In 2012 Gauzens was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame,   
   recognized as "an active proponent of improved Amateur Radio public relations"   
   and as the principal on-site organizer - on behalf of the ARRL as the host   
   IARU Member Society - of the 1976 IARU Region 2 conference in Miami Beach.   
      
   "Love Amateur Radio and all those I have met in the fraternity," Gauzens said   
   in her QRZ.com profile.   
      
   Gauzens' late husband Carl was W4DTJ, a call sign now held by her   
   granddaughter, Stephanie. Her son Alan is WA4ATF.   
      
   Arrangements are pending.   
      
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