OBITUARY: PHILIP REINARDUS (FLIP) HOORWEG 1933-2009

摘要

It is with great sadness that the Society has bid farewell to former chairman Flip Hoorweg, who passed away in September after a year-long battle with lung cancer.rnFlip was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on 1 December 1933. The outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 severely disrupted the normal, daily routine of the family. The harshness and futility of warfare affected Flip for life and he often used to reminisce about the impact that these years had on his parents and the stress that it caused his father, who had to find a way to feed the family, especially during the long winters when food was scarce. Flip and his brother Hans had to ride through Hilversum on bicycles without rubber tyres in search of emergency schools. There were no toys, but Flip used to read a lot, even at that early stage in his life. Karl May's Wild West stories used to fascinate him. He completed his schooling in Utrecht, Hilversum and Breda.