We just received the very sad news that our Honorary Member James Williams has passed away. He is well known for his research in the historical relationship between people, technology, and the environment. His opus embresses Energy and the Making of Modern California (1997) as well as numerous articles. His “Understanding the Place of Humans in Nature” in Illusory Boundary: Environment and Technology in History (2010) has been widely cited.
As a long-time member, he contributed to shaping ICOHTEC, served on the board in the 1990s, as vice president from 2001-2008, as president from 2008-2011, and as editor of ICON from 2011-2015. Last, but not least he was the piano player of ICOHTEC’s Jazz Band. A short article about him is published on ICOHTEC’s homepage: https://www.icohtec.org/a-homepage-section-honorary-members/. We will miss him deeply. An appeciation of his oeuvre will be published soon.