From: Marco Antoniotti
Subject: Jack Schwartz
Date: 
Message-ID: <e0a21c04-4c00-4470-b4f5-05950e6189a9@s19g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>
Dear all,

we have recently discussed SETL in one of the threads.  His creator,
whom I had the honor to meet while at NYU, has passed away.  I'll let
the NYT speak about his most distinguished career.  Much of what we
know in Computer Science - and other fields as well - is also due to
him.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/science/04schwartz.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries

--
Marco