[SIGCIS-Members] Tony Sale dies at age 80

[B. Randell]

Hi Martin:

You're too modest - yours is by far the better one!

Cheers

Brian


On 3 Sep 2011, at 14:11, Martin Campbell-Kelly wrote:

> Actually, my obit for Tony  was in The Guardian, though it and the Daily
> Telegraph (anonymous) said much the same:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/aug/31/tony-sale-obituary
> 
> --Martin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: members-bounces at sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces at sigcis.org] On
> Behalf Of Roger Johnson
> Sent: 03 September 2011 11:09
> To: members at sigcis.org
> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Tony Sale dies at age 80
> 
> Colleagues
> 
> It was a big item on the BBC's main evening news and also on their website. 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14726045 There are also other pages
> there.
> 
> Martin Campbell-Kelly also wrote an obituary for major national newspaper.
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obituaries/8733814/Ton
> y-Sale.html 
> 
> Roger Johnson
> Programme Secretary BCS Computer Conservation Society
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: members-bounces at sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces at sigcis.org] On
> Behalf Of Bernardo Batiz-Lazo
> Sent: 03 September 2011 10:35
> To: sigcis
> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Tony Sale dies at age 80
> 
> I thought some might be interested in this note although it was only
> covered by the local press (see link below). Tony Sale was a driving
> force in the rebuilding of Colussus at Bletchely Park. I never met him
> or his team but I thought that it was fitting that SIGCIS acknowledged
> his work.
> Best
> Bernardo
> Bangor University (UK)
> 
> Short obituary:
> 
> http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/local/tributes_paid_to_a_colossus_of_a_ma
> n_1_3019027
> 
> 
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