JINSA President Norman Hascoe Passes Away

It is with great sadness that the Officers and the Board of Directors of JINSA inform the membership that our president, Norman Hascoe, passed away on October 24. Norman had been battling serious illness for a very long time, using the same strength and resolve with which he tackled all of life’s obstacles. Norman was a force to be reckoned with and even death knew it. We were a little bit surprised that he didn’t cheat death one more time.

It is with great sadness that the Officers and the Board of Directors of JINSA inform the membership that our president, Norman Hascoe, passed away on October 24. Norman had been battling serious illness for a very long time, using the same strength and resolve with which he tackled all of life’s obstacles. Norman was a force to be reckoned with and even death knew it. We were a little bit surprised that he didn’t cheat death one more time.

Norman, during his life, did not seek honors. In fact, he shied away from them and from publicity, though he never dodged responsibility. And honor was his. He preferred to “do good” from behind the scenes, and he “did good” extraordinarily well. Most his work on behalf of mankind, whether in the arts, medicine or national security was done silently and passionately. His presidency of JINSA was one of the few occasions on which he stepped in front of the curtain. We were, and we are, honored by that. And those of us who worked with him and loved him will miss him.

We join with his family in mourning a very serious loss not only on a personal level, but also for the community, our country and the world.