David L. Byrn, 84, passed away on April 20, 2018. David attended Phoenix College and then graduated in 1955 from ASU (then known as ASC of Tempe) with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education and with a High Distinction ranking on his diploma. Following graduation he was employed in the Washington School District No. 6 in Phoenix for the next 34 years in various teaching and administrative positions including principal of three schools. Just before his retirement in 1989, he was promoted to Director of Personnel for the largest elementary district in Arizona. During the 34 years, he spent a year as president of Arizona School Administrators and was presented a special award by the National Association of School Administrators. In 1958 David worked part-time as official the NCAA offensive statistician for the Sun Devils football team, a position he held for more than a decade including working the annual Fiesta Bowl game. From 1968-1978 he worked as the 24 second shot timekeeper for the NBA's new Phoenix Suns basketball franchise. After retirement, David worked as a consulting Artist-in-Residence for poetry writing, conducting large group assemblies and classroom instruction in poetry writing techniques and methods. He has written and published ten volumes of poetry. In the 1980s, he was awarded a commendation by the Latin American club of Arizona, and has written hundreds of poems about Native Americans, nature, colors, the history of Mexican culture, travel and a very broad variety of personal experiences. Between the years of 1985 and the present, he has written approximately 1,700 poems and has been fortunate enough to have received awards for the majority of them. David is survived by his wife, Diana, his four children from a previous marriage, and a host of nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great grandchildren.