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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">We could easily fill up this Listserv with memories of Jean, but I want to add just one: the time she came to a SIGCIS meeting in Charlottesville, and she was
treated like a rock star—deservedly so. At least that is how I remember it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Members [mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chuck House<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 23, 2017 1:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> James Cortada <jcortada@umn.edu>; Dag Spicer <dspicer@computerhistory.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> SIGCIS Listserver <members@sigcis.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Jean Sammett passes away<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As ACM president, I met this ‘force of nature’ and certainly will aver that she was not the easiest person to work with, but you were always impressed by her integrity, grit,
and passion. And yes, she knew LOTS MORE than just COBOL and its history. She did much, very much, for the entire computing community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Members <<a href="mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org">members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org</a>> on behalf of James Cortada <<a href="mailto:jcortada@umn.edu">jcortada@umn.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 10:21 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Dag Spicer <<a href="mailto:dspicer@computerhistory.org">dspicer@computerhistory.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>SIGCIS Listserver <<a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org">members@sigcis.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Jean Sammett passes away<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oh my. Anyone who knew her personally will stop what they are doing for a moment to contemplate this force of nature. Not the easiest person to work with, but she know how to get things done and was confident. I first met her a few years
after she published her book on software languages and was very encouraging in picking up the history of IT. She kept an eye on history, saving many of her files--yes she was a wonderful pack rat--records that I hope will become available to historians and
about a lot more than COBOL and her role in its emergence. Her death is a sad event indeed. Jim Cortada<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Dag Spicer <<a href="mailto:dspicer@computerhistory.org" target="_blank">dspicer@computerhistory.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A true legend… who just recently made it into “Glamor” magazine, of all things!<span style="font-family:"PMingLiU",serif"><br>
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</span>Jean Sammet passed away on May 21, 2017 at the age of 88.<span style="font-family:"PMingLiU",serif"><br>
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</span><a href="http://www.glamour.com/story/when-jean-e-sammet-learned-to-code-steve-jobs-was-still-in-diapers" target="_blank">http://www.glamour.com/story/when-jean-e-sammet-learned-to-code-steve-jobs-was-still-in-diapers</a><br>
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Dag<br>
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