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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 20224 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2020 00:34:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 31 Jul 2020 00:34:43 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 35C439CB46; Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:34:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F3169CB40; Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:31:16 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="EhVPaMwS"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 96F449CB3C; Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:31:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qv1-f42.google.com (mail-qv1-f42.google.com [209.85.219.42]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BFAA39CACB for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:30:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qv1-f42.google.com with SMTP id dd12so8388263qvb.0 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:30:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=JWWsjZhA4LsyppnBsmrm9RbMDhIZ9kHvlBUFdOl+YcA=; b=EhVPaMwSU3hDTmxggAdBrDDAFR5KDe9I51yBHPPVbuY38pZY4DAyGOxgOdrOkPtERc FxYNLn18sSwX3Rn9dj12gYJzS/4nG000NawsgYXQEiges6PsAQxxr63M+ZbdnnMaIVc9 oPLjPgkSojWgOg157+vlmJVQue3vz8qXs35c492Wa3ILBRp4NgUTAVsSXJKz3B/8dspK fAD7lKQ0qYhi+WsGloCdCOUAx+pUy47JtXh1JGYlhwcJCl9t3854YiAuskm8K+0k9IV9 VlF3JanFS7HATHlIVJn8c1h5FQUoPUE04B9rM5RY+Ec38GUgmsQccg0yq4kJfuLlT43U 2keA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=JWWsjZhA4LsyppnBsmrm9RbMDhIZ9kHvlBUFdOl+YcA=; b=FhQR4gqUbgJ8vHm/dhnsF8d6haYzYyqRmqkN7G8Q0B5q7MkDLSX/85MckxfwTqFI0W l/81Mo1Tcx4d1j6DaImB4zYmJSsR03TlgqbHnx7SGhRX0QyrdIl1erd/X3AG/WiWh7CU ypeVtzopMQ8Hnd62DEx5LTYoDjlffoNTfQslzVIT6QY6NAFdBiO2zIZnxyc+InN1RGgj ZqhVAGNtuiZXKdoxIR5EItkUJgDKnaye8pSiBFGJCbAqDjwXIhQ3axUkGz/om7/ZOJth 4leIRmxgfyt+/BEZ5XFnU0xYzXL63VGmmO1M2fQqUrqVAg2Hs0o3yheOCbAeJNKCamHB YtbQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533zt/oTG/hPIcbGeoPiBvH0yJBHe1xTw4Z2rjpHX20UA6o4uQmA Ie7iQ4vmsKqxh8VWvpomvO+8C9QcavFqYyVc+wY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwW+PymiYKsxpzcSLukrOrh1zM1yLM5FRPEg+wMUeBgsIZcSUVwMbyE2XqmYlu+fdStvD/40UWRzr4G/sTuAkE= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:f1c9:: with SMTP id u9mr1742472qvl.76.1596155451890; Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:30:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202007310003.06V03OoV073870@chez.mckusick.com> In-Reply-To: <202007310003.06V03OoV073870@chez.mckusick.com> From: Dan Cross Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:30:15 -0400 Message-ID: To: Kirk McKusick Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000b762c405abb1e6d5" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Dennis Ritchie's Dissertation 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: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000b762c405abb1e6d5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I understood from Mike Anshel that he was rather proud of this, though of course I never asked Dennis myself. I wonder if Harvard would posthumously enter it in the books if someone dropped off a bound copy now? I imagine somehow Dennis wouldn't appreciate that. On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 8:23 PM Kirk McKusick wrote: > The Computer History Museum has an interesting blog post about > Dennis Ritchie's lost dissertation: > > > https://computerhistory.org/blog/discovering-dennis-ritchies-lost-dissertation/ > > Interesting fact is that Dennis never received his PhD because he failed > to provide a bound copy of his dissertation to the Harvard library. > > Kirk McKusick > --000000000000b762c405abb1e6d5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I understood from Mike Anshel that he was rather proud of = this, though of course I never asked Dennis myself.
I wonder if Harvard= would posthumously enter it in the books if someone dropped off a bound co= py now?
I imagine somehow Dennis wouldn't appreciate that.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 8:23 PM Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> wrote:
The Computer History Museum has an = interesting blog post about
Dennis Ritchie's lost dissertation:

https://computerhisto= ry.org/blog/discovering-dennis-ritchies-lost-dissertation/

Interesting fact is that Dennis never received his PhD because he failed to provide a bound copy of his dissertation to the Harvard library.

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Kirk McKusick
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