- In Memoriam

Davidson C. Lowdon (1937-2005)

On August 13, 2005, Davidson C. Lowdon passed away peacefully, after a long fight with Leukemia.

Lowdon, age 68, August 13, 2005, beloved husband of Elizabeth, nee Tucker; loving father of Jane (John Belom) Lowdon and David (Eileen); devoted grandfather of Alexandre and Benjamin; dear brother of Thomas (Margaret) and Gillian (David) Kosiewski; also nieces and nephews. Memorial visitation Wednesday, 3 to 9pm at Modell Funeral Home, 7710 S. Cass Avenue, Darien, Illinois where a memorial service will be held at 7:30pm. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, please send your donations to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 651 W. Washington Blvd., Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60661 (1-630-852-3595) www.TLLS.org

• 1980: Founds Logical Systems, Inc. (LSI)
• 1985-93: Programmer for Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) and Commodity Perspective (CP)
• 1995: Launches Barchart.com
• 2001: Launches ddfplus
• 2001: Purchases Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) and Commodity Perspective (CP) from Bridge Information Systems (BIS).

John B. Burrell II (1944-2001)

On October 2, 2001, John B. Burrell II passed away.

Burrell, age 56, October 2, 2001, loving father of Sarah, Branson and Emily.

• 1970: Founds Commodity Perspective (CP) with Bill Stewart and Dave Speck.
• 1982: Sells Commodity Perspective (CP) to Commodity News Service (CNS) (Knight-Ridder Financial (KRF))

Terrance J. Lown (1950-2001)

In 1979, John Burrell and his four partners, all local traders on the Chicago Board of Trade, were looking for somebody to take on the responsibility of coordinating the production of the weekly commodity chart book their company produced. The publication was known as Commodity Perspective (CP), and in those days anyone involved in the futures markets in Chicago was a weekly subscriber to CP. John asked his brother-in-law, Terry Lown, if he would like to move to Chicago from his home in Iowa and take on the role of Production and Technical Coordinator of CP. Terry agreed to take the position, although nearly a full year of weekly commuting to Chicago from Iowa elapsed before Terry actually moved his full-time residence to Chicago. Under Terry’s supervision, Commodity Perspective became the standard for quality and excellence in commodity chart books.

In 1985, Commodity News Service, whom had previously acquired Commodity Perspective, finalized the acquisition of Commodity Research Bureau and its chart book, Commodity Chart Service, thereby combining the two preeminent commodity chart publications under the new corporate entity, Knight-Ridder Financial Publishing (KRFP). Terry continued to perform the duties of Production and Technical Coordinator at KRFP and oversaw the weekly production and distribution of both weekly chart books until they were merged into CRB Futures Perspective in 1995.

In 1996, Bridge Information Systems purchased KRFP and changed the name of the unit to Bridge/CRB. Terry assumed the title of Systems and Database Director, although all of us close to him knew him better as the Person In Charge Of Just About Everything.

On February 25, 2001, Terrance J. Lown suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. All of us at Commodity Research Bureau would like to thank Terry Lown for his immeasurable contributions to the success of Bridge/CRB. His absence leaves a void in our hearts and in our office that will never be filled.

Lown, age 50, February 25, 2001, beloved husband of Tarasa L., nee Halligan; loving father of Christopher (Editor-in-Chief CRB), Brandon, Jennifer (Christopher) Mathis and Patrick; loving son of Richard and Julia; caring grandfather of Jasper and Mackenzie; dear brother of five sisters and eight brothers; uncle of many nieces and nephews. Family and friends to meet at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 111 S. Cass, Westmont, Illinois, Thursday, 9:30 a.m. Mass. Interment Freeman Lutheran Cemetery, Ferryville, Wisconsin. Visitation 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Toon Funeral Home, 109 N. Cass Avenue, Westmont. In lieu of flowers, send memorials to The National Center for Homeopathy, 801 North Fairfax Street, Suite 306, Alexandria, VA 22314.

Milton W. Jiler (1908-2000)

It was 1933, the country was in the depth of the Depression, and the United States had just gone off the gold standard. Milton W. Jiler, a young reporter for the New York American, was covering commodity exchanges and doing freelance public relations work for some of the exchanges to supplement his income. Gregarious by nature, Jiler soon became known among the exchanges' commodity traders. He was quick to realize that unless one was actually on the floor of the exchanges, price and volume information was difficult to come by. Although The Wall Street Journal covered the stock market quite thoroughly, there was little if any price information available for commodity futures.

Milton Jiler had a simple idea. If no one was providing information about the commodities markets, trading was limited to those people with direct access to the floor. What he saw was the need for a medium that would bring information about the futures markets to interested parties on a timely basis. With that in mind, he founded Commodity Research Bureau, with the Futures Market Service as its first publication. The Commodity Research Bureau became profitable within its first year of existence. Its success was due in large part to its ability to provide information that was not readily available to traders.

On August 7, 2000, Milton W. Jiler passed away peacefully in the presence of his wife and son. All of us, at Commodity Research Bureau, would like to thank Milton W. Jiler for his foresight and contributions to the success of Commodity Research Bureau.

• 1934: Founds Commodity Research Bureau (CRB)
• 1985: Sells Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) (Knight-Ridder Financial (KRF))