One of the “traditions” that occurred at TAM every year was the In-Memoriam segment highlighting those who had died during the previous year; notable skeptics and what were termed “cultural competitors” (those who were opponents of skepticism or noteworthy) were remembered for their deeds in a short presentation shown during the conference.
The 2016 version of CSICon followed with a similar In-Memoriam segment; deceased CSI Fellows, Editorial Board members, and Scientific and Technical Consultants were shown in this year’s segment. Tim Farley took the lead on this year’s creation; I assisted with research as did Jim Lippard.
Here is the list of those honored in the presentation:
| Christopher R. Evans | 1931-1979 |
| Bart J. Bok | 1906-1983 |
| George Abell | 1927-1983 |
| Norma Guttman | 1920-1984 |
| Richard Kamman | 1934-1984 |
| Milbourne Christopher | 1914-1984 |
| D.O. Hebb | 1904-1985 |
| Ernest Nagel | 1901-1985 |
| Eric J. Dingwall | 1890-1986 |
| William Nolen | 1928-1986 |
| Brand Blanshard | 1892-1987 |
| Graham F. Reed | 1923-1989 |
| William Verno Meyer | 1920-1989 |
| Sidney Hook | 1902-1989 |
| Edoardo Amaldi | 1908-1989 |
| Roy Wallis | 1945-1990 |
| B.F. Skinner | 1904-1990 |
| Ellic Howe | 1910-1991 |
| Isaac Asimov | 1920-1992 |
| Jean Dath | 1918-1996 |
| Gordon Stein | 1941-1996 |
| Carl Sagan | 1934-1996 |
| Charles J. Cazeau | 1931-1999 |
| Glenn T. Seaborg | 1912-1999 |
| George Agogino | 1920-2000 |
| Steve Allen | 1921-2000 |
| L. Sprague de Camp | 1907-2000 |
| W.V. Quine | 1908-2000 |
| Milton A. Rothman | 1919-2001 |
| Thomas A. Sebeok | 1920-2001 |
| Stephen Jay Gould | 1941-2002 |
| Walter C. McCrone | 1916-2002 |
| Robert E. Funk | 1932-2002 |
| Marcello Truzzi | 1935-2003 |
| Al Hibbs | 1924-2003 |
| Dorothy Nelkin | 1933-2003 |
| Ernest H. Taves | 1916-2003 |
| Lawrence E. Jerome | 1915-2004 |
| Francis Crick | 1916-2004 |
| Paul Edwards | 1923-2004 |
| Hosur Narasimhaiah | 1920-2005 |
| Robert A. Baker | 1921-2005 |
| Philip J. Klass | 1919-2005 |
| Theodore X. Barber | 1927-2005 |
| Vern Bullough | 1928-2006 |
| Barry L. Beyerstein | 1947-2007 |
| Sterling Lanier | 1927-2007 |
| Saul Green | 1925-2007 |
| Jerry Andrus | 1918-2007 |
| Paul MacCready | 1925-2007 |
| Joseph G. Jorgensen | 1934-2008 |
| Henry Gordon | 1919-2009 |
| Richard de Mille | 1922-2009 |
| John Maddox | 1925-2009 |
| Michael R. Dennett | 1949-2009 |
| Ronald J. Crowley | 1937-2009 |
| Stephen Toulmin | 1922-2009 |
| Antony Flew | 1923-2010 |
| Evry Schatzman | 1920-2010 |
| Martin Gardner | 1914-2010 |
| Sid Deutsch | 1918-2011 |
| C.E.M. Hansel | 1917-2011 |
| Mark Plummer | 1949-2011 |
| Richard H. Lange | 1924-2011 |
| Sergei Kapitsa | 1928-2012 |
| Leon Jaroff | 1927-2012 |
| Paul Kurtz | 1925-2012 |
| Robert Steiner | 1934-2013 |
| Yves Galifret | 1920-2013 |
| Charles M. Fair | 1916-2014 |
| Victor Stenger | 1935-2014 |
| Gerald A. Larue | 1916-2014 |
| Jean Dommanget | 1924-2014 |
| Richard S. Thill | 1934-2014 |
| Marvin Zelen | 1927-2014 |
| Robert B. Painter | 1924-2015 |
| Elie A. Shneour | 1925-2015 |
| Wallace Sampson | 1930-2015 |
| Al Seckel | 1958-2015 |
| Bette Chambers | 1930-2015 |
| Marvin Minsky | 1927-2016 |
| William Jarvis | 1935-2016 |
| Harry Kroto | 1939-2016 |
| Robert Todd Carroll | 1945-2016 |