On July 11, 2016, retired freelance reporter and NCRA member Stuart Myles Simen, RPR, FAPR, passed away in Los Angeles, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. In a memoriam written by long-time friend and NCRA member Jan Garnett Lopez, RPR, Simen is remembered as being a down-to-earth, caring man who was also civic-minded and giving of his time and energies to his community at large.