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   ARLX004 Educator, ARRL Field Organization Veteran, Author Pete Kemp, KZ1Z (SK)   
      
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   Special Bulletin 4  ARLX004   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  May 19, 2016   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB SPCL ARL ARLX004   
   ARLX004 Educator, ARRL Field Organization Veteran, Author Pete Kemp, KZ1Z (SK)   
      
   Past Connecticut ARRL Section Communications Manager (SCM - now SM), veteran   
   Field Organization volunteer, and author Pete Kemp, KZ1Z, of Wesley Chapel,   
   Florida, died on May 17. He was 67. An ARRL Life Member, Kemp served as   
   Connecticut SCM for 6 years in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Over the years   
   he also had filled several other ARRL Field Organization roles in Connecticut   
   and in West Central Florida, including Assistant SM (1992 to 2004 and 2008 to   
   2015); Public Information Coordinator, District Emergency Coordinator,   
   Emergency Coordinator, and Official Observer. For many years, he was an   
   Assistant Director for New England Division Director Tom Frenaye, K1KI.   
      
   "He was a superb teacher in the high school, a wonderful mentor, licensed over   
   700 hams, an active member of Candlewood Amateur Radio Association, and one   
   who really understood what it meant to actualize his potential," said ARRL   
   Connecticut SM Betsey Doane, K1EIC. "He was enthused about life and, really,   
   he was a gift to all of us."   
      
   A ham for 47 years, Kemp was the author of A Teacher's Guide to Amateur Radio   
   Instruction, published in 2014 by ARRL. He also authored numerous articles and   
   was a co-author of the ARRL's popular series of Emergency Communications   
   courses and of the Public Service Communications Manual.   
      
   Kemp was retired from the Bethel, Connecticut, Public Schools. He had served   
   as an adjunct faculty member at Central Connecticut State University.   
      
   He was named Herb S. Brier Volunteer Instructor of the Year and Professional   
   Teacher of the Year - the only person to receive both ARRL honors. He also was   
   a recipient of the Marconi Award from the Veteran Wireless Operators of   
   America, and he was named Connecticut's Technology Teacher of the Year. Kemp   
   was the League's first Educational Advisor.   
      
   His friend Bill Barrett, KW1B, called Kemp "a good soul with a gentle nature"   
   and said he would be greatly missed."   
      
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