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Tony Holman 1940–2001
OBITUARY
Tony Holman It is with great sadness that we have to report the untimely death of Tony Holman.
Indonesia to help set up a laboratory there and just before his illness would have travelled to Albania to do the same.
Tony was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and after school began his working life in the laboratories of Boots the Chemist. A short while later he joined the Nottingham Forensic Science Laboratory and studied for his M.I.Bio1. qualifications part time. Having passed these exams and been accepted by the Institute Tony became a reporting officer and later a scene examiner. When the new Huntingdon laboratory opened in 1982 Tony moved and became a team leader in serious crime. He later became one of the first Specialist Advisors and worked tirelessly in his new role often substituting for others as well as completing his own work. Tony was regular delegate at the Society conferences and spoke at the summer meeting, York 2000.
Tony officially retired in October 2000 on his 60th birthday but rejoined the FSS to help train new reporting officer recruits.
As a respected Forensic Scientist Tony was invited to
Peter Lamb
After a short illness Tony lost his fight with lung cancer and in May this year, he passed away. His funeral was held at Cambridge crematorium on 17 May 2001. At the request of his family this was a very quiet affair but some of his many friends attended to pay their respects to a man who was described by all as a real gentleman. His personality and cheerfulness won him many friends both in the Forensic Science community and with the people he met at scenes and he will be sadly missed.
Anthony Longhetti Tony was a native of Pittsburg, CA, attending high school in Burlingame. He graduated from the UC-Berkeley with a B.A. in Technical Criminology in 1950. After military service at the US Army CID Laboratory at Ft. Gordon, GA (1950-1954) and a brief stint with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Laboratory in Minneapolis(l954-1957), Tony returned to California to start the San Bernardino Co. Sheriff's Laboratory in 1957. Tony went from the Department's only criminalist to Deputy Chief in charge of the Scientific Investigations Division, from which position he retired in 1989. At the time of his retirement he was made a Life Member of the CAC and had earned an MPA at Cal State, San Bernardino. After periods filling in between other faculty members with the Criminalistics Program at CSULA, on 1989 Tony became the Criminalistics Program's then one-and-only fulltime faculty member and continued on the faculty until the time of his passing. Tony became an Associate Member of the California Association of Criminalists in 1958, by which time he was already a Fellow of the Criminalistics Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. By today's standards his election to membership in the CAC looks like a close thing - there were only 13 votes cast in his favor. Of course, I hasten to add there were only 13 members in attendance ! He was promoted to CAC Regular Member in 1959, served the AAFS Criminalistics Section as Secretary in 1961-1962 and Chairman in 1962-1963. Tony's first term as CAC President came in 1963-1964. Tony's contributions at CAC were not limited to helping operate the Association, but included papers and publications on questioned documents, identification of manmade fibers, and the gas chromatographic identification of gasolines.
The lasting physical token of Tony's long involvement with CAC came as part of his second presidency in 1971-1972. Herman Meuron, a CAC member working in Hawaii, presented Tony with a coconut, complete with shiny outer husk, noting the striking resemblance of the husk to the glossy pate of then-President Longhetti. To this day, incoming CAC presidents are presented that same coconut on which to inscribe their signatures and the dates of their presidency. Tony continued his involvement with AAFS by serving as Criminalistics Section representative on the Executive Committee from 1976 to 1979 and served as program chairman 1977-1978. By this time, Tony was also active in the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD), serving as chairman of the Committee on Laboratory Evaluation, from which ASCLDLaboratory Accreditation Board evolved. His long involvement with AAFS reached a pinnacle with his service as president in 1982-1983. His involvement with ASCLDLAB has continued with current service on its Board of Directors and as trainer of virtually all its inspectors. Tony's contributions to the profession have been recognized with the AAFS Criminalistics Section's Paul L. Kirk Award in 1989, AAFS Distinguished Fellow Award in 1993, and CAC's Distinguished Member Award in 1996. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Alma, children Terry and Tom, grandchildren Kandice, Michael, and Paul and to them we extend our most sincere condolences. Hirem Evans
Science & Justice 2001; 41(3): 157-158
Tony Holman It is with great sadness that we have to report the untimely death of Tony Holman.
Indonesia to help set up a laboratory there and just before his illness would have travelled to Albania to do the same.
Tony was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and after school began his working life in the laboratories of Boots the Chemist. A short while later he joined the Nottingham Forensic Science Laboratory and studied for his M.I.Bio1. qualifications part time. Having passed these exams and been accepted by the Institute Tony became a reporting officer and later a scene examiner. When the new Huntingdon laboratory opened in 1982 Tony moved and became a team leader in serious crime. He later became one of the first Specialist Advisors and worked tirelessly in his new role often substituting for others as well as completing his own work. Tony was regular delegate at the Society conferences and spoke at the summer meeting, York 2000.
Tony officially retired in October 2000 on his 60th birthday but rejoined the FSS to help train new reporting officer recruits.
As a respected Forensic Scientist Tony was invited to
Peter Lamb
After a short illness Tony lost his fight with lung cancer and in May this year, he passed away. His funeral was held at Cambridge crematorium on 17 May 2001. At the request of his family this was a very quiet affair but some of his many friends attended to pay their respects to a man who was described by all as a real gentleman. His personality and cheerfulness won him many friends both in the Forensic Science community and with the people he met at scenes and he will be sadly missed.
Anthony Longhetti Tony was a native of Pittsburg, CA, attending high school in Burlingame. He graduated from the UC-Berkeley with a B.A. in Technical Criminology in 1950. After military service at the US Army CID Laboratory at Ft. Gordon, GA (1950-1954) and a brief stint with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Laboratory in Minneapolis(l954-1957), Tony returned to California to start the San Bernardino Co. Sheriff's Laboratory in 1957. Tony went from the Department's only criminalist to Deputy Chief in charge of the Scientific Investigations Division, from which position he retired in 1989. At the time of his retirement he was made a Life Member of the CAC and had earned an MPA at Cal State, San Bernardino. After periods filling in between other faculty members with the Criminalistics Program at CSULA, on 1989 Tony became the Criminalistics Program's then one-and-only fulltime faculty member and continued on the faculty until the time of his passing. Tony became an Associate Member of the California Association of Criminalists in 1958, by which time he was already a Fellow of the Criminalistics Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. By today's standards his election to membership in the CAC looks like a close thing - there were only 13 votes cast in his favor. Of course, I hasten to add there were only 13 members in attendance ! He was promoted to CAC Regular Member in 1959, served the AAFS Criminalistics Section as Secretary in 1961-1962 and Chairman in 1962-1963. Tony's first term as CAC President came in 1963-1964. Tony's contributions at CAC were not limited to helping operate the Association, but included papers and publications on questioned documents, identification of manmade fibers, and the gas chromatographic identification of gasolines.
The lasting physical token of Tony's long involvement with CAC came as part of his second presidency in 1971-1972. Herman Meuron, a CAC member working in Hawaii, presented Tony with a coconut, complete with shiny outer husk, noting the striking resemblance of the husk to the glossy pate of then-President Longhetti. To this day, incoming CAC presidents are presented that same coconut on which to inscribe their signatures and the dates of their presidency. Tony continued his involvement with AAFS by serving as Criminalistics Section representative on the Executive Committee from 1976 to 1979 and served as program chairman 1977-1978. By this time, Tony was also active in the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD), serving as chairman of the Committee on Laboratory Evaluation, from which ASCLDLaboratory Accreditation Board evolved. His long involvement with AAFS reached a pinnacle with his service as president in 1982-1983. His involvement with ASCLDLAB has continued with current service on its Board of Directors and as trainer of virtually all its inspectors. Tony's contributions to the profession have been recognized with the AAFS Criminalistics Section's Paul L. Kirk Award in 1989, AAFS Distinguished Fellow Award in 1993, and CAC's Distinguished Member Award in 1996. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Alma, children Terry and Tom, grandchildren Kandice, Michael, and Paul and to them we extend our most sincere condolences. Hirem Evans
Science & Justice 2001; 41(3): 157-158