IP: On the passing of Susan Calcari

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:39:44 -0400
> To: farber () central cis upenn edu (David Farber)
> From: Jean Armour Polly <mom () netmom com>
> Subject: On the passing of Susan Calcari
>
> Susan Calcari lost her long battle with breast cancer on Sunday July 8, 
> 2001. Her services will be today on Madison, WI. More information about 
> Susan is available from the Internet Scout Project pages 
> http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ The Internet Scout newsletter is a weekly 
> publication, published every Friday since 1994. It is funded by the 
> National Science Foundation and has over 100,000 readers.
>
> As a former public librarian, former ISP Internet evangelist, and author, 
> I witnessed Susan's long standing and deep commitment to Internet resource 
> discovery and delivery projects.
>
> She labored in these vineyards since at least 1989, when she did the early 
> (and now almost legendary)  Merit Networking seminars. She went on to 
> other projects, most notably the National Science Foundation's Internet 
> Scout Project and its constellation of  spin-offs, such as the KIDS Report.
>
> At early networking conferences, we used to joke that "there was never a 
> line at the ladies room," since in those days the attendees were mostly 
> men. Susan was one of the original "net-dot-babes," and her wide grin and 
> good humor enlivened many a meeting.
>
> While others built networks, Susan figured out how to exploit the 
> information hiding out there on the servers. She knew how to find content 
> people needed, and arrange it so that it could be used to advantage.
>
> She will be very, very sorely missed, not only by me but by her many 
> friends and colleagues around the world. My sympathies go out to her family.
>
> In Madison she once showed me where she was taking sailing lessons and 
> spoke of how much she enjoyed it and how freeing the experience of sailing 
> was for her.
>
> Whether sailing the lake or cruising the Internet, I guess I will always 
> think of her at the tiller, running with the wind.
>
> Jean Armour Polly
> Net-mom



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