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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