AFFILIATE & ASSOCIATION NEWS

IN MEMORIAM

THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS RECENTLY LOST TWO RESPECTED COLLEAGUES WHO WERE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES.

JASON JOHN BRYL

The Council of State Governments Justice Center lost a valued colleague, Jason J. Bryl, Aug. 15. Bryl, 41, was a research and data consultant who worked from the Austin, Texas, office. His work provided needed support to the organization and to the many policymakers looking for data-driven answers to difficult challenges in states across the nation. He was also a talented musician and was known for his sense of humor. A 1994 graduate of the University of WisconsinMilwaukee, he is survived by his wife Mimi and two children; his mother and stepfather, Jeanne and Bill Schuknecht; his sister Sally; and brothers James and Rick. Services were held Aug. 19 in Austin, Texas.

ELTON K. MCQUERY

Elton K. McQuery, 92, a former director of The Council of State Governments-WEST, died Sept. 6 in Colorado. As director of what was then called the Western Office of The Council of State Governments, he was instrumental in organizing and implementing the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, and was a principal author of the Interstate Compact on Migratory Labor. He drafted the Interstate Enforcement of Family Support Act—the Run Away Pappy Act—to force fathers to pay owed child support that they avoided by leaving the state in which the support was due. He took college classes to keep his many interests stimulated, and he spent many years teaching “55 Alive” classes for AARP. Survivors include two sons, Dave McQuery, of Clifton, Colo., and Mark McQuery, of Englewood, Colo.; one daughter, Russet Morrow, of North Attleboro, Mass.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.