From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1510 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2020 13:49:56 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 20 Jul 2020 13:49:56 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5F4A59BA90; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 23:49:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BD549BA30; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 23:49:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DBC399BA30; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 23:49:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25D1A9BA2A for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 23:49:06 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 06KDn14Y005870 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:49:02 -0600 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 06KDn1SG005869; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:49:01 -0600 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202007201349.06KDn1SG005869@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:49:01 -0600 To: tuhs@tuhs.org, doug@cs.dartmouth.edu References: <202007201342.06KDg1Ex033163@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> In-Reply-To: <202007201342.06KDg1Ex033163@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] G R Emlin X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Brian Kernighan acknowledges Grace's contribution as a reviewer of his memoir on Unix (published last year). I asked Brian to follow up with Gerard Holzmann to add her to his alumni page (https://www.spinroot.com/gerard/1127_alumni.html); he did so. The curious can look there to see where she went. :-) Arnold Doug McIlroy wrote: > Coming upon this dedication in W.B. Yeats's book, "Irish Folk > stories and Fairy Tales", I felt a frisson of connection: "Inscribed > to my mystical friend, G. R." Mystically present in the Unix room > and on the 1127 org chart, G. R. Emlin took a place in our little > community akin to that of fairies in Irish peasant culture. First > encountered by Fred Grampp, G. R. manifested to others in various > guises, ranging from Grace Emlin, whom I remember as a security guru, > to a Labs-badged apparition now housed in the corporate archives > (www.peteradamsphoto.com/unix-folklore/). My most memorable personal > encounter was when I received from G. R. a receipt for paint for the > water-tower project (spinrooot.com/pico/pjw.html) as part of a request > for reimbursement. I passed the voucher up the chain of command to > our executive director, Vic Vyssotsky. Unfortunately for G. R., Vic, > despite his masterful ability to bypass bureaucratic obstacles, > declared he wasn't authorized to approve plant improvements. > > Doug