22 October 2002
LN Asia Pacific CEO Update – Ed Waller
Dear Colleagues
I wanted to update you on
news about Ed Waller, our colleague reported missing in the Bali bombing. We talked with Ed’s family yesterday and they
indicated that as Ed is still missing, they are now presuming Ed was killed in
the blast.
Services are now being
scheduled for Ed. A Requiem Mass will
be held this Saturday at Carrig Parish Church, Ballycommon, Tipperary in
Ireland. More details can be found on
the website: www.edwaller.com. We have arranged for flowers for this
service in remembrance of Ed from his colleagues at LexisNexis. There will also be a Requiem Mass in Hong
Kong at a later date for Ed’s friends, colleagues and business associates. We will pass along more information about
this service as soon as the date and time are determined.
Ed’s family has asked me to
say how much strength they have drawn in this difficult time from the support
and love shown by Ed’s colleagues at LexisNexis. During the past two weeks, I have received numerous messages from
our colleagues around the world expressing their heartfelt sympathies. Ed was an enormously caring and gregarious
young man who made friends quickly and who always had something positive to
offer. Philip Bowring, a friend of
Ed’s, wrote an article about Ed that was published in a Hong Kong newspaper the
other day. About Ed, he said, “He was
one who led by an unusual combination of enthusiasm and being nice to
everyone. He was one of the most
agreeable people I have ever met, and one who, to borrow a tribute from another
friend, made people twice his age feel part of his gang.” I cannot add more to that as it describes so
eloquently the Ed that I met earlier this year on his first trip to Singapore
and who I had the chance to meet on a few visits to Hong Kong. He was a fine man and I know his family is
very proud of him.
On behalf of the LexisNexis Asia Pacific family, I offer my sincerest
condolences to Ed’s family and relatives.
Let us remember them in our thoughts and not forget the things that Ed
stood and lived for.
Regards,
Kurt Sanford
CEO, LexisNexis Asia Pacific