A netizen honored

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Ronda Hauben <ronda () panix com>
Date: August 7, 2004 10:36:40 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Cc: Ronda Hauben <ronda () panix com>
Subject: A netizen honored


Dave, I thought you would find this of interest. Ronda

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This year, 2004, Columbia University in NYC is celebrating the 250th
anniversary of its founding as King's College in 1754. As part of the
celebration, nominations were solicited honoring alumni whose
contributions were before their time. Michael Hauben was nominated for  
his
research and writings concerning netizens and the Internet. The  
nomination
was chosen for display on the website commemorating the 250 years of
Columbia University. It can be accessed at:

http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/your_columbians/ 
michael_hauben.html

The text at that website reads:

Michael F. Hauben
Columbia College 1995
Teachers College 1997
Internet Pioneer, Author
Michael F. Hauben (1973-2001)

While the prevalence and universality of the Internet today may lead  
some
to take it for granted, Michael Hauben did not. A pioneer in the study  
of
the Internet's impact on society, Hauben helped identify the  
collaborative
nature of the Internet and its effects on the global community. Credited
with coining and popularizing the term netizen (net + citizen), Hauben,
with his mother, Ronda, co-wrote the seminal Netizens: On the History  
and
Impact of Usenet and the Internet (IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997),
which outlined the growth and role of the medium in the world and was
published in both English and Japanese.

Born on May 1, 1973, in Boston, Michael Hauben was an early participant  
in
electronic bulletin boards. He graduated from Columbia University in  
1995
with a bachelor's degree in computer science; following that, he entered
the program Communication, Computing and Technology at Teacher's College
and received a master's degree in 1997. Of particular interest to Hauben
was understanding the democratization of the Internet and the
participation of netizens in the global community to build the Net. He
viewed the Internet as a reflection of democracy at work. An editor of  
the
online newsletter "The Amateur Computerist," Hauben gave talks on the
Internet in locales ranging from Beppu, Japan, to Corfu, Greece, to
Montreal, Canada, to the Catskills region in New York. After sustaining
injuries resulting from an accident in December 1999, when he was hit  
by a
cab, Hauben died in June 2001. A champion of the Internet, he truly was  
a
netizen.

"I like to think of you as a netizen."
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook/
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/IEC/pioneers.html
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