About New Jersey Humanist Network
Board of Directors, 2008-2009
President: Harley Brown, Bangor, PA (2008-2010)
Vice President: Gary Brill, Somerset (2008-2010)
Secretary: Wanda Holovacs, South Bound Brook (2007-2009)
Treasurer: Jay Holovacs, South Bound Brook (2008-2010)
Jack Walsh, Belvidere (2008-2010)
Timothy Ridge, Ewing (2008-2010)
Lisa Ridge, Ewing (2007-2009)
Sara Brown, Clinton (2008-2009)
Board Members Emeritus:
Beverly Lloyd, Lake Hopatcong (2007-2008)
Tom Lloyd, Lake Hopatcong (2007-2008)
Joseph Fox, Furlong, PA (2006-2008)
Lance Wilhelm, Piscataway, NJ (2007-2008)
Committee Chairs
Program:
Membership: Sara Brown/Linda Kieseling
Publicity:
Finance:
Music:
HumanLight: Gary Brill/Lisa Ridge
Fundraising:
Webmaster: Timothy Ridge
In Memoriam:
Lance Wilhelm
January 19, 1951 - March 30, 2008
Our very good friend, Lance Wilhelm, died suddenly, in his sleep, at his home in Piscataway on Sunday, March 30, 2008.
Lance was a member of NJHN's Board of Directors and also the National Outreach Director for American Atheists. Easily recognizable by his white hair and full beard (a James Randi lookalike) and his provocative freethought attire, Lance was a proud atheist, heavy metal music advocate, ardent fan of Dr. Who from its beginning, and a great cook! Lance was a regular at all kinds of NJHN events - meetings, dinners, book discussions. He will be missed - and remembered.
An Atheist loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist knows that heaven is something for which we should work now - here on earth - for all men together to enjoy. An Atheist thinks that he can get no help through prayer but that he must find in himself the inner conviction and strength to meet life, to grapple with it, to subdue, and enjoy it. An Atheist thinks that only in a knowledge of himself and a knowledge of his fellow man can he find the understanding that will help to a life of fulfillment. Therefore, he seeks to know himself and his fellow man rather than to know a god. An Atheist knows that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An Atheist knows that a deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An Atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanquished, war eliminated. He wants man to understand and love man. He wants an ethical way of life. He knows that we cannot rely on a god nor channel action into prayer nor hope for an end to troubles in the hereafter. He knows that we are our brother’s keeper and keepers of our lives; that we are responsible persons, that the job is here and the time is now.
– Madalyn Murray (later O’Hair)
