[Homestead] In Memoriam
Jerry W. Shepperd
shepperd at austincc.edu
Sat Sep 1 12:34:19 EDT 2007
Raise a glass, bottle, can, or paper cup in salute....
Thanks, Gene, for the info.
At 07:42 AM 9/1/2007, you wrote:
>Please observe with me a very brief moment of silence upon opening
>the first brew today. Then resume as usual. Mike would approve.
>
>
>Beer Critic Michael Jackson Dies
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>
>Aug 31, 10:00 AM (ET)
>
>By THOMAS WAGNER
>
>LONDON (AP) - Michael Jackson, a leading world beer critic who
>praised the brews of Belgium and acknowledged he would never be as
>famous as "that Michael Jackson," has died. He was 65.
>
>Jackson, known as "the beer hunter," died Thursday of a heart attack
>at his home in west London. His body was found by his house cleaner,
>Paddy Gunningham, his long-term partner, said Friday.
>
>She said he had kept writing and traveling, despite suffering from
>Parkinson's disease, and that he planned to write a book about the
>ailment.
>
>"He was simply the best beer writer we've ever known," said Tim
>Hampson, chairman of the British Guild of Beer Writers. "He told
>wonderful stories about beer, breweries and far away places. He told
>the story of beer through people, and he was humorous and erudite at
>the same time," Hampson told The Associated Press.
>
>Jackson especially loved Belgian brews. His books "The Great Beers of
>Belgium" and "World Guide to Beer" introduced them to many export
>markets, including the United States.
>
>By identifying beers by their flavors and styles, and by pairing them
>with particular foods and dishes, Jackson helped give birth to a
>renaissance of interest in beer and breweries worldwide that began in
>the 1970s, including the North American microbrewery movement.
>
>His TV documentary series, "The Beer Hunter" - which popularized his
>nickname - was filmed around the world and shown in 15 countries.
>
>He worked as a beer critic for more than 30 years, writing in
>newspapers and gastronomic magazines, holding seminars and giving
>speeches, appearing on U.S. talk shows and writing books about beer
>and whiskeys published in 18 languages.
>
>Jackson knew he would never be as famous as Michael Jackson the rock
>star, and that was reflected on the beer critic's Web site. "Hello,
>my name is Michael Jackson. No, not that Michael Jackson, but I am on
>a world tour. My tour is in pursuit of exceptional beer. That's why
>they call me the Beer Hunter," it says.
>
>http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070831/D8RC1V280.html
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Jerry W. Shepperd, Ph. D.
Professor and Chair, Behavioral Sciences Department
Austin Community College
1212 Rio Grande Street
Austin, Texas 78701
512-223-3057
"Let your first ethical decision of each day be to show up on time."
-- Barbara Jordan
"Not all researchers are good teachers, but all good teachers are
researchers."
"Silence is not always golden; sometimes it's yellow."
"No Kvetching."
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