[TUHS] Re: John Lions: 3 sabbaticals at Bell Labs. 1978 and which other years? 1989?

[Luther Johnson <luther@makerlisp.com>]

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One clue is that "The Second Pass of the Portable C Compiler" is dated 
June 1979 and says on the title page, "John Lions, Bell Laboratories, 
Murray Hill, New Jersey", so he must have been there then.

On 10/13/2022 06:08 AM, John P. Linderman wrote:
> I can put a bound on John's early 80's sabbatical. John stayed at my 
> house in Berkeley Heights (an easy walk to Murray Hill) while he was 
> looking for a place to rent when Marianne joined him. I bought the 
> house in 1980, so it had to be later than that. And John put us up 
> when we visited Australia in 1983, so it was before that. I'm guessing 
> 1982, but that's just a guess.
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 5:05 PM steve jenkin <sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au 
> <mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au>> wrote:
>
>     Berkeley Tague says he invited John to work with the USG in 1978
>             [ AUUG, below. Also by Ronda Hauben in multiple places ]
>
>             [ In two ‘recollections’ / history docs sourced from UNSW, ]
>             [ the first visit was misremembered as 1976 or 1977. ]
>
>     I was wondering when John's two other sabbaticals to Bells Labs were.
>
>     The Peter Ivanov interview with John in “Unix Review”, 1985, notes
>     two sabbaticals by then.
>
>             After writing the celebrated Commentary on the UNIX
>     Operating System in 1976,
>             Lions was asked to spend two sabbaticals at the Labs.
>
>     This comment in 2000 on “9fans” from Rob Pike
>     says John also visited in 1989,
>     but sadly his work by then had been affected.
>
>             <https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=144372955601968&w=2>
>
>     Anyone know when the other visit was?
>
>     Presumably 1983 or 1984 if John took a semester off every 5 years.
>
>     ========
>
>     In AUUGN Oct 1995, V16 #5, there’s a collection of emails, an
>     ‘interview’ with John
>
>             PDF pages 17 & 24
>            
>     <https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/AUUGN/AUUGN-V16.5.pdf>
>
>     Berkeley Tague says in 1978 he invited John to work with the USG.
>
>     then
>             He wanted to come to Murray Hill for his sabbatical so it
>     was a win/win situation.
>             He spent two or three summers at Bell Labs over the years
>             and supplied us with many of his graduate students
>             for sabbaticals and permanent employment.
>
>     Later:
>
>     AUUGN:
>             What have been the professional highlights of your career?
>
>     JL:
>             For myself, three sabbaticals at Bell Laboratories have
>     been highlights.
>             For my students, opportunities arose for employment at the
>     Laboratories.
>
>     ========
>
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>
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