Quoting Rowdy Yates <[log in to unmask]>:
Dear All
As you all know there was at the end of 2005
a tribute to Don published in the journal of therapeutic communities. It covers
a lot of Don's life and scientific work. Why not to put the text on the websites
of EFTC and Scottisch Addiction. I guess it cannot to difficult to get the
publication rights from the journal.
Best regards
Eric
> Some of you will remember that when Donald died, i organised an on-line
> "Book" of Rememberance:
>
> http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/DRUGS/donaldtributes.php
>
> http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/DRUGS/don.php
>
> Obviously, that was some time ago and I had been thinking about writing to
> the list and asking people what they thought we should do with the collected
> memories and messages. But, as with many of the things I think about doing,
> I have never got around to it! Anthony Slater and Eric Broekaert and I did
> discuss a short monograph on Donald's life and work but nothing really
> happened, it was not clear where the funding would come from and obviously we
> are all busy. One other option which I would be happy to put together would
> be some sort of downloadable tribute document (or a CD, but that would
> involve costs for the materials and for the postage). If we went for a
> downloadable document, it could be included on the new EFTC website (we are
> in the process of overhauling and redesigning the old EFTC website - so it
> could be just added to the list of tasks.
>
> I would be interested to hear what you all think. Don was a major figure in
> the development of addiction TCs and in the establishment and growth of the
> EFTC. It would not feel right to simple dispose of all the thoughts people
> have submitted about him - though obviously, the "book" cannot stay there for
> ever.
>
> What spurred me to writing about this to the list was the message below which
> i recently received. I will add it to the "book" when I get time but I
> recognise that many list members would be unlikely to see it because the site
> has been untouched for over a year now.
>
> Here is the message I received:
>
> My memories of Don: It surely saddens me to say that I, as well as several of
> my friends,such as Jeff Powell and Charley Johnson have grown so far away
> from our Eagleville family and it has taken us so, so, long to learn of our
> "Great White Father's" death. Don Ottenberg continues to be our inspiration
> in spirit and in our memories forever. He was our teacher about life. He was
> even my mentor during the start of the Eagleville-Lincoln Master's degree
> days. Oh, how I remember the old days when I was in a marthron with Don that
> lasted for 85 hours. He was sensitive, caring, loving and a giant pillar to
> lean on during the emotional storms in the group. We love you Don. You are
> our hero.
>
> Theodora "Teddy" Cox
>
> Retired Social Worker
> Philadelphia, PA, USA
>
>
>
> Rowdy Yates
> Senior Research Fellow
> Scottish Addiction Studies
> Department of Applied Social Science
> University of Stirling
>
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