EW YORK SHELL CLUB NOTES __No. 236 ___ November 1 Page 1 
The NEW YORK SHELL CLUB meets on the second Sund h 
September through June, in nday of each month, 
ROOM 319, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
NEXT MEETING: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1977, at 2:00 PM 
PROGRAM: LAND SNAILS IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD 
by Bruce Einsohn (with color slides) 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Murex Book Wins Award FESTIVUS Lined 
Obituary: George E. Radwin 1 
News re: Delaware Museum Mollusk Dept. Delaware Museum 2 
Highlights of the September Meeting Milton Werner 2 
Collect Small to Tiny Shells M. K. Jacobson 3 
Sleeping Beauties (Hibernation) Peggy Carpenter 3 
Review: Murex Shells of the World William K. Emerson 4 
The de la Torre Exhibit M. K. Jacobson 5 
South Florida Shell Show 1978 Chm. Culverhouse 6 
Sinistral Specimen of Murex cichoreum Robert Janowsky 4s 
Malacological Article of the Month Henry D. Russell 7 
eT 
MUREX BOOK WINS AWARD 
The Radwin & D'Attilio book, "Murex Shells of the World: An Illus- 
trated Guide to the Muricidae," was entered in the AAUP Book Show 
1977 (Association of American University Presses) as one of the en- 
tries of Stanford University Press. This book show was judged by 
three internationally famous book designers. Their initialled com- 
ments appeared in each entry of each publisher. Out of twenty-five 
first prizes, Stanford University Press won four and the Murex book 
was one of them! 
FESTIVUS, Vol. VIII, No. 8, August 1977 
el 
GEORGE E. RADWIN] - 
News of the sudden and untimely death, on September 30th, of the 
senior author of MUREX SHELLS OF THE WORLD came as a shock to every- 
one. Dr. Radwin collapsed shortly after playing handball. Immedi- 
ate care and prompt hospital attention were to no avail. He was 
37 years old. Our deepest condolences g0 to his wife, Rhoda, and 
their children. 
George Radwin was a native New Yorker, born in Far Rockaway and re- 
ceiving his BS degree from City University. He studied at Florida 
State for his MS and attained his ehD from George Washington Univer- 
sity. He served his "internship" (as he called it) in the Smith- 
sonian's Department of Mollusks 1966-1968 during which time he was 
already involved in his study of the Muricidae. Shortly thereafter 
he accepted a position with the San Diego Museum of Natural History 
as curator of mollusks, a post he held at the time of his death. 
D. Raeihle 
— el 
