In Remembrance of Chalfant Historian Michael Connors

Chalfant recently lost a wonderful writer and historic preservation advocate, Michael Connors. Although I did not know him personally, I was sorry to miss the chance to let him know how much I enjoyed his essay about the atom smasher that appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Here is the link to it– any readers from the area will appreciate the memories here!

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/portfolio/2015/07/29/Local-Dispatch-Downed-atom-smasher-supported-Chalfant-so-long/stories/201501010236

Also here’s a link to this article about him, which in turn has links to some of his articles. Read some, you will enjoy them and learn something new too!

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/brian-oneill/2015/10/25/Brian-O-Neill-To-Pittsburgh-historian-Michael-Connors-who-knew-how-to-both-live-and-die/stories/201510250135

He and his writing and enthusiasm for local history will be missed.