I just read of Bill Atkinson's passing. John Markoff did a nice article on him for the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/bill-atkinson-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Pk8.QyL_.x8F70Pcs2gRT&smid=url-share Best, Liz _________________ Elizabeth Petrick Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Department of History Rice University
Thank you, Liz. Members may also find useful CHM curator Hansen Hsu’s blog on Bill from this January, based on several CHM oral histories of him. <https://computerhistory.org/blog/memories-of-lisa/?utm_content=335137822&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-23110> [Bill-Atkinson-ID.jpeg] Memories of Lisa<https://computerhistory.org/blog/memories-of-lisa/?utm_content=335137822&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-23110> computerhistory.org<https://computerhistory.org/blog/memories-of-lisa/?utm_content=335137822&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-23110> Dag ----- Dag Spicer Senior Curator Computer History Museum Editorial Board, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing ACM History Committee 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View CA 94043 “History is a vast early warning system.” — Norman Cousins, American journalist (1915-1990). Join our Mailing List here: https://info.computerhistory.org/subscribe On Jun 16, 2025, at 5:52 PM, Elizabeth Petrick via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org> wrote: I just read of Bill Atkinson's passing. John Markoff did a nice article on him for the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/bill-atkinson-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Pk8.QyL_.x8F70Pcs2gRT&smid=url-share Best, Liz _________________ Elizabeth Petrick Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Department of History Rice University . CAUTION: External email. Beware of links & attachments. _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
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