On Jul 27, 2020, at 17:14, Terry Gorham <YamahaRider@...> wrote:

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So sorry to hear about this. We will miss you.

On 7/27/2020 6:38 PM, Thom R. wrote:

It is with great sadness that our previous AAHL/AAHL2 on Yahoo Group moderator, Glenn F. Chesnut, passed away peacefully at approximately 4 AM Eastern time, this morning, July 27, 2020. He went into hospice on July 20th so this happened quite fast. I am told that his mind was as sharp as ever, but that his "body just can't anymore." I do have more information from the family of a much more personal nature but I feel that perhaps it should stay that way. I should give the family.

But what I can do is post the text of his obituary and will do so, below. I also want you all to know that archives of his books and writings are already in our files section in a folder bearing his name. I also want everyone to know that we are working on preserving the old AAHL2 group content on Yahoo (AAHL moved here after Glenn retired and is was passed on to me because Yahoo is phasing out groups anyway-- and the groups.io platform, started by ex-Yahoo groups programmers, is a much better one). Due to Glenn's declining health, I took over as the third AAHL moderator in its history, which is not only where we stand., but from where we will move forward, bringing the whole of AAHL with us.

With his amazing contributions and service in mind, we will move forward as Glenn wished for us to do. To that end, I will also post this on AAHL2, which is still "open" technically but now officially defunct. I hope that more will join us over here before the group over there shuts down completely. We are working on bringing those posts over here anyway, where they will be made available in a searchable format. Most of? the early AAHL is already available here (in the files section).?

How I will ever follow in his footsteps I'll never know. I doubt anybody ever could because I don't think I've ever known anyone with his passion for Recovery. As we move forward, I promise you that I will certainly give this my best shot and will do no harm to his memory in the process--because I said I would and Alcoholics Anonymous gave me integrity to try this with.

Please feel free to reply with anything you would like to say or share. I will give more information, like I said, once I am more clear on which details the family wishes to keep private. It's not up to me, of course. Just know, again, that he was comfortable and he did pass peacefully this morning.

Rest in Peace, Glenn. Thank you for everything you have given us and for everything you have tirelessly contributed to Recovery and to Alcoholics Anonymous. The lives you have touched so profoundly are incalculable and impossible to quantify.

God bless us all as we move forward in this more modern and upgraded AAHL platform, moving? forward with full respect to Glenn's contributions.. We must do this, together, for this is how we will keep the older Yahoo archives and his writings relevant, as well.

Here is the obituary:

"The Rev. Dr. Glenn Forrest Chesnut, was born June 28, 1939 in Springfield, Ohio, to Glenn Forrest Chesnut, Sr., and Glynn Hind Chesnut. He moved south at a young age and spent the rest of his childhood and youth in Kentucky (Louisville) and Texas (San Antonio and Dallas). Glenn was married to Miriam Sue Messersmith Chesnut, and had one brother; John Hind Chesnut. Glenn was a loving father to four children: Benjamin Thomas Chesnut, Donald Rogers, Esa Ehmen-Krause and Anna Chesnut Trodglen, and four grandchildren: Eila, Gabriela, Dylan, and Jaimison. A lifelong scholar, Glenn received a B.S. in physical chemistry and atomic physics from the University of Louisville in 1960, graduating second in his class. Studying at Southern Methodist University, he earned a B.D. from Perkins School of Theology in 1964, and finally a D.Phil. from Oxford University in 1971. Professor Chesnut taught at the University of Virginia, at Boston University, and from 1970 on at Indiana University South Bend, where he retired as Professor of History and Religious Studies in 2003. Glenn was the recipient of numerous academic awards, including a Fulbright Fellowship to Oxford, with Dempster and Rockefeller Fellowships there, a Prix de Rome which allowed him to spend a year as a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, and a Herman Frederic Lieber teaching award at Indiana University.
"His book on The First Christian Histories in 1977 became a classic and is still in print today. Beginning in 1996, he also wrote and edited a long series of books on alcoholism, drug addiction, and the history of the Alcoholics Anonymous movement, plus studies on philosophy and spirituality. Glenn Chesnut died peacefully at home on July 27, 2020 in South Bend, Indiana.
"Contributions can be made in Glenn’s memory to the Upper Room Recovery Community, 333 N. Main St., South Bend, IN 46601, or upperroomrecovery.org."

And finally, I reserve the right to edit and update this post if and as necessary.

Yours in Service,

Thom R.
[email protected]?Moderator.
thomr021092@...
AAHL is now located at /g/AAHistoryLovers?- please join us!

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sent to you by Terry J. Gorham