John M. Melzian, R. I. P.

SAD NEWS from the Agade list: John M. Melzian, an associate of Bruce Zuckerman's West Semitic Research Project and husband of project associate Marilyn Lundberg Melzian, has passed away. His bio from the Inscriptifact website:

John MelzianJohn Melzian is an Industrial Designer with thirty years of experience in utilizing new technologies in the development and introduction of cost-effective products. He received his Master of Arts in Industrial Design from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has worked for Mattell Toys, and Applause Inc., and ran is own design office, Design Base International, for ten years. In his work with the West Semitic Research Project he has designed and built a number of specialized photographic devices and participated in numerous imaging projects.

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