Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 247.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:39:33 +0100
From: Harold Short <harold.short@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: Antonio Zampolli
Many colleagues, returning to their institutions for the new academic
year, will only just be learning the terrible news of Antonio Zampolli's
death. Professor Zampolli was President of the Association for Literary
and Linguistic Computing (ALLC) from 1983 until his untimely passing,
and was indeed one of the founding spirits who brought the Association
into being in 1973. He was also a great enthusiast for collaboration,
recognising and exemplifying the intrinsic inter-disciplinary nature of
computing in the humanistic disciplines. He was a strong supporter of
the annual joint international conferences held by the ALLC and the
Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) beginning in Toronto
in 1989, attending - and making a significant impression! - on almost
all of them. He also, of course, played a major role in the setting up and
funding of the Text Encoding Initiative, and of the transition
of the activity 12 years later into the TEI Consortium.
In our roles in the two major professional associations in humanities
computing, and in the Text Encoding Initiative Consortium, all three
being organisations which owe a particular and great debt of gratitude
to Professor Zampolli, we write to express the profound shock and sorrow
of members of these organisations, feelings that will be shared by many,
many other colleagues around the world. The many intellectual fields in
which Antonio Zampolli was so active have lost a true and formidable
champion.
Obituaries written by some of those who worked closely with Antonio
over the years will be placed on the ALLC, ACH and TEI web sites,
and an obituary will be published in Literary and Linguistic Computing
to mark his long support and encouragement of the journal.
All three organisations have begun discussions on appropriate ways
to pay tribute to his life and work and to establish lasting memorials
to his achievements. We would be pleased to receive suggestions
along these lines from any members of our communities.
Harold Short
Chair, ALLC and Acting Chair, TEI Consortium Board
John Unsworth
President, ACH and retiring Chair, TEI Consortium Board
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