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You are here: Home / Press Room / Press Releases / Statement from Center Executive Director John Tierney on the passing of Paul Castleman

March 26, 2018

Statement from Center Executive Director John Tierney on the passing of Paul Castleman

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our beloved and much respected colleague, Paul Castleman, a longtime Center of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation board member. 

We will sorely miss his sound judgment, passion for Center issues, good humor and intellect. 

He loved to lobby on arms control issues with the Center’s affiliate organization’s former President Jerome Grossman, and provided wise counsel during organizational difficulties throughout the years.

Current board members shared kind words about him; all sentiments I echo:

“We have lost another giant and have a great void.”

“We have lost a real stalwart who seemed to have been around from the beginning… he supported the organization with passion and equanimity. He will be greatly missed.”

“He was an out-of-the-box thinker, a rare and precious gift.”

“Paul Castleman’s passing is more than sad because it means the loss of a champion of nuclear disarmament.”

“We looked forward to his voice. What he said was wise, humane, and framed in the interest of the broader goals and mission of our two organizations.”

“He has been such a vibrant presence in our meetings and so full of spirit that it is hard to believe that one so young and young at heart is gone. He was generous, passionate, funny, well-informed, direct, warm, and open. I liked him immediately… We shall not see his like again.”

We extend our deepest condolences to his wife, Linda Blackstone, his children and extended family.

 

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