Re: Nico Haberman (for those who knew him but may not have heard the following)

[Ted Shortliffe <ehs () camis stanford edu>]

> (Article from The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Monday, August 9, 1993)
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> Heart attack kills professor at CMU 
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> A. Nico Habermann, the Alan J. Perlis professor of computer science at 
> Carnegie Mellon University and
> a founder of the Software Engineering Institute, suffered a heart attack 
> yesterday and died at his Squirrel Hill home. He was 62. 
>
> Since 1991, Mr. Habermann had been on leave from CMU to be assistant director 
> for computer and information science and engineering at the National Science 
> Foundation.  He commuted regularly from Washington, D.C., to Pittsburgh. 
>
> When CMU established its computer science school in 1988, Mr. Habermann was 
> its first dean. Between 1980 and 1988, he was the head of CMU's computer 
> science department. 
>
> An internationally renowned computer scientist, Mr. Habermann was known for 
> his work in programming languages, operating systems, software engineering and
> packages.  He worked on language design and implementation for Algol 60, 
> Bliss, Pascal, Ada, and other special purpose computer languages.  
> Mr. Habermann's contributions to the field include a critique on Pascal. 
>
> A native of Amsterdam, Mr. Habermann received a doctorate on applied 
> mathematics from Technological University, Eindhoven, Netherlands, in 1967.  
> He earned his master's and bachelor's degrees in mathematics in 1958 and 1963, 
> respectively, from Free University in Amsterdam. 
>
> In 1968, Mr. Habermann came to CMU as a visiting research scientist in the 
> computer science department.  He became associate professor in 1973 and 
> acting department head in 1979. 
>
> Since 1986, he had been an adjunct professor of computer science at Jiao Tong 
> University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. 
>
> Mr. Habermann was a member of the Computer Science and Telecommunications 
> Board of the National Academy of Science.  He was an advisor to the Max Planck 
> Institute in Germany and a member of the New York Academy of Sciences.  He was 
> editor of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers' Transactions 
> on Software Engineering. 
>
> Mr. Habermann exercised regularly and usually walked to work.  He jogged 
> yesterday shortly before suffering the attack on the porch of his home.  He 
> also was an avid wind surfer. 
>
> Surviving are his wife, Marta, of Pittsburgh; a son, Frits; three daughters, 
> Eveline Killian of Burlington, Vt., and Irene and Marianne Habermann, both of 
> Pittsburgh, and two grandchildren. 
>
> Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at H. Samson, 537 N. Neville St., 
> Oakland.