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Computer Scientist Anita Borg Dies at 54
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 18:04:36 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Barbara Simons <simons () acm org> Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 10:37:06 -0700 To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> Subject: Computer Scientist Anita Borg Dies at 54 Dear Dave and Declan, Anita was a wonderful person who lived life fully. "Visionary" is an over-hyped word, but she was one of the few people who truly was a visionary. Her death is an terrible loss for us all. The Institute for Women and Technology, which Anita founded, has a more detailed article about her at http://www.iwt.org/news/anitaborg/inmemory.htm. Barbara http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=528&e=1&cid=528&u=/ap/20030 408/ap_on_hi_te/obit_borg Computer Scientist Anita Borg Dies at 54 By MATTHEW FORDAHL, AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. - Anita Borg, a pioneering computer scientist who worked to break the "silicon ceiling" that often kept women and minorities from rising to the top of the high-tech industry, has died. She was 54. She died of brain cancer Sunday at her mother's home in Sonoma, Calif., according to the Institute for Women and Technology. [snip] ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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