JOHN OPIE Jr.

OPIE JOHN, Jr.

Died on September 30, 2018, of complications from Parkinson's Disease. He was born in 1934 in Chicago. John retired as a Distinguished Professor Emeritus, of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He was Professor of History at Duquesne University, Director of NJIT's Center for Technology Studies, the founding president of the American Society mfor Environmental History, and the author of five books, including Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land, winner of the 1994 George Perkins Marsh book prize. John's avocation was as a photographer in which he won multiple local and regional juried photography awards. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lora Watson Opie; and son, Christopher Opie; John is survived by his wife, Barbara (Gerlach) Opie; and his three children and three stepchildren; he has two sisters, Mildred Opie Judson and Joyce Opie Malone. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to one or more of the following: Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, Nature Conservancy, or Natural Resources Defence Council and the Breckenridge Village Life Care Fund. A Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 10848 Chillicothe Rd., Kirtland, Ohio 44094 - Phone: (440) 256-3400. Arrangements entrusted to DAVIS-BABCOCK FUNERAL HOME, Willoughby.