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From: Clifford Lynch <cliff@cni.org>
Subject: Roy Rosenzweig, 1950-2007
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I'm sad to inform you that Roy Rosenzweig, a renowned historian and 
humanist, died October 11. Roy, who founded the Center for History 
and New Media at George Mason University, was one of the deepest 
thinkers about the implications of the digital world for both the 
practice and the communication of history, and of humanities more 
broadly. Some of you may have been fortunate enough to hear him 
speak; he gave a memorable keynote at the Spring 2006 CNI Task force 
meeting.  Among his many contributions to the community, Roy served 
on the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on 
Cyberinfrastructure in the Humanities and Social Sciences and was 
instrumental in developing the case that cyberinfrastructure should 
serve scholarship broadly, not just science and engineering.

Here is one obituary reflecting on Roy's life and his achievements:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202489.html

Until his death, Roy was an at-large member of the CNI Steering 
Committee, and was someone I relied upon  for wise counsel, insight 
and advice about the work of the Coalition; he was generous with all 
of these. I'm very grateful for his contributions to CNI, and I will 
miss him greatly.


Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI