Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted July 25, 2018 Author, editor, publisher, columnist and lifelong Arizonan William R. "Bill" Quimby has died in Tucson on June 20, 2018 at the age of 81. From 1967 to 1994, Mr. Quimby was the Tucson Citizens outdoor editor and a member of its editorial board from 1987 to 1994. From 1983 to 1999 he also edited and published the bi-monthly Safari and Safari Cub magazines, the annual SCI Record Books of Trophy Animals, and the monthly Safari Times and Safari Times Africa newspapers in the United States and South Africa for Safari Club International. When he was born at his parents home on Jerry Blvd. just off East Speedway near Swan Road on Sept. 30, 1936, his birth certificate said he had been born three miles east of Tucson in Pima County. Mr. Quimby attended schools in Yuma before returning to Tucson in 1954 to enroll in the University of Arizonas College of Business and Public Administration. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, he was employed in the advertising divisions of Levys and Jacomes department stores, and at local advertising and public relations agencies. He founded and published Arizona Outdoor News, a regional newspaper covering Arizonas hunting and fishing opportunities, for three years in the 1960s. He was a founding member of the Tucson Art Directors Club and southern Arizona chapters of Ducks Unlimited and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. He also served as the 1990 president of the One Shot Antelope Hunts Past Shooters Club in Lander, Wyoming. During the 1960s, he won several metalicas siluetaslong-distance, high-power rifle shooting contestsin Sonora, Mexico. In 1973, the Arizona Wildlife Federation presented Mr. Quimby the Conservation Communicator of the Year award for outstanding contributions to the wise use and management of the nations natural resources. In the 1980s, he served as a member of a governors panel that advised the Arizona Game and Fish Department on fund-raising methods. After retiring in 1999, he divided his time between his home in Tucson and a cabin in Greer, and wrote or edited more than two dozen books on international big game hunting subjects. One of his books, Royal Quest, told about the hunting expeditions of Prince Abdorreza Pahlavi, brother of the last Shah of Iran. Another of his books chronicled the history of Safari Club International. His own memoirs, Sixty Years A Hunter was published in 2010. Mr. Quimby received numerous awards as a reporter, columnist, editor and publisher and, in 2003, he became one of only three authors to be presented the Peter Hathaway Capstick International Literary Award, the highest award a hunting and adventure author can receive. He was inducted into the Arizona Outdoor Hall of Fame in 2006. Mr. Quimby hunted in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and the South Pacific, taking more than 60 different types of big game animals, including all 10 species found in Arizona. Utilizing his knowledge of hunting in Africa he moderated Safari Club Internationals popular Your First African Safari seminars for nearly 25 years at the clubs annual conventions in Nevada. He is survived by his wife, Jean, of more than 62 years, daughter Stephanie Quimby-Greene of Tucson; and grandchildren, Natalie Greene of San Francisco, and Logan Greene of Tucson. A memorial service is planned on Saturday, Aug. 11, at River Reservoir in Greer. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted July 25, 2018 I know it was brought up on another thread but when my wife read this to me out of the local paper I thought it appropriate for CWT! Thanks Bill! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brian390 Report post Posted July 25, 2018 Sorry to hear about this. If I remember right didn't he used to post quiet a bit on here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted July 25, 2018 Yes sir. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted July 25, 2018 Sorry to hear about this. If I remember right didn't he used to post quiet a bit on here? No running the mouth....always solid info.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
