A
kind friend we will never
forget Fred
E. Fuller 'The
ATA -WTO World Congress in Accra,
Ghana was my last opportunity to
spend some quality time in the
company of ATA's dear friend Fred
Fuller, who passed away in June,
1999. For those precious moments
and many others, I am truly
thankful. To say that we will
miss him is an understatement. A
song writer said it decades ago
with the words, "You light up my
life. You bring me hope to carry
on." Fred certainly lit up my
life like a flood of sunshine any
time he stepped into a room, or
even when I spoke to him from
across the continent. Fortunately
his sage advice, inspiration,
encouragement and kind thoughts
will always be with
me." Jerry
W. Bird, Editor, Africa Travel
Magazine From Tanzania
Tourist Board A.
C. Macha, for Managing
Director It
was in the field of international
travel that Mr. Fuller enjoyed
his greatest success. He was a
former director of the National
Association of Retail Travel
Agents. Mr. Fuller traveled to
India at least 12 times and
personally visited practically
every dry spot on the planet to
find attractive, interesting and
educational travel destinations
for his vacations clients. He was
treasurer of the Africa Travel
Association; past Director of the
Great Lakes chapter of the
Pacific Asian Travel Association;
president and director of the
Caribbean Tourist Organization;
former director of the
Association of Retail Travel
Agents, and he held membership in
the Lions Club of Toledo,
Alliance Francaise de Toledo, and
the Toledo Area Travel Agents
Association. Mr.
Fuller was active with the
Society for the Advancement for
the Handicapped and mature
Traveler, which Mrs. Fuller said
has tried for years to influence
government and business leaders
around the globe about the
importance of helping handicapped
travelers. Mr. Fuller was
instrumental in planning the
first international symposium on
handicapped travel in Agra,
India, set for Sept. 26-30. He
helped set up several other
international conferences and
worked closely with tourist
offices of the Israeli and Indian
governments. Frederick
E. Fuller, Jr. entered the Travel
Industry in 1981. He was a life
member and the former director of
National ARTA (Association of
Retail Travel Agents). Fred was
also the past president and
founder of the Great Lakes
Chapter of ARTA. Additional
related memberships within the
travel Industry include being a
member and director of SATH
(Society for the Advancement for
the Handicapped and Mature
Traveler); member of Skol
(Organization to promote National
and International Travel) ;
international member of PATA
(Pacific Asia Travel Association)
and past director of the Great
Lakes Chapter of PATA, Fred had
served as member president and
director of the Great Lakes
Chapter of the Caribbean Tourist
Organization. He also was a
member of the Lions Club of
Toledo and a member of the
Alliance Francaise de Toledo.
Fred had helped to set up several
international conferences for
ARTA and SATH, working closely
with the India government tourist
office and Israel Government
Tourist Office in New York.
Fred's big love was to travel the
world over. He was known as "The
Traveling Man." About
ATA With the Africa
Travel Association's 30th Jubilee
Congress in 2005, the excitement
is mounting as our magazine's
editors and New York office staff
are going through the archives in
our effort to present a landmark
souvenir capsule of ATA's
progress up to the present time.
The above profile is one
important step in that direction,
as the association's great
strength is the caliber of people
in its chapters and on its Board
of Directors. ATA
Head Office: 347 Fifth
Avenue,
Former
Board Member and Treasurer
of the Africa Travel Association
We have learned with deep
sorrow the passing away of our
long time friend, the late FRED
FULLER on June 27th, 1999. Fred
had been a friend of Tanzania and
we enjoyed his great support on
promoting Tanzania tourist
attractions. People in the
tourism industry including ATA
members will remember him for his
obvious speech he gave in Arusha,
Tanzania on the exciting subject:
WHERE IS KILIMANJARO ... KENYA OR
TANZANIA? May God rest his soul
in heaven. Meanwhile we pray for
his family, ARTA and ATA in order
to survive the big loss.
From
Toledo, Ohio Newspaper
"The Traveling Gentleman."
Frederick E. Fuller, Jr. a well
known figure in the African
Travel Association and the Travel
Industry in general died in
Toledo, Ohio June 27th,1999. A
graduate of the former DeVibiss
High School. Mr. Fuller joined
the 11th Army Air Corps and was
in maintenance and supply until
his discharge after the war. Mr.
Fuller then earned a bachelor 's
degree from Ohio Wesleyan
University, Delaware, Ohio, after
briefly attending the University
of Toledo, and he worked the next
31 years for Owens-Illinois,
retiring as a salesman in 1981
from the firm's glass container
division. He got into the travel
business after retiring, and in
1986 he opened his own business,
Travelers Services
International.
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