Sad news about Angel Jordan

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

He was a wonderful person and a valued colleague. 

Dave


Begin forwarded message:

> From: William Scherlis <wls () cs cmu edu>
> Date: August 5, 2017 at 2:37:01 PM EDT
> Subject: Sad news about Angel Jordan
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I just received the sad news that our friend and colleague Angel Jordan passed away last night.
>
> Angel had been head of CMU ECE, then dean of CIT, then Provost of the University, and then University Professor 
> Emeritus. For the past decade as an Emeritus Professor, he chose to reside with us here in ISR, just a few doors down 
> from Raj Reddy, and share with us the benefits of his wisdom and experience. Angel was active at CMU and in ISR until 
> just a few months ago, and, for me, he became a mentor/advisor and a good friend. Before all of this he received his 
> PhD and MS from the then EE department here at CMU (1959) after studying physics at Zaragoza in Spain. Any of us 
> traveling to Spain learned of his origins in the greater Basque country in the high Pyrenees.
>
> Angel has had transformational influence at CMU, including founder roles for the Robotics Institute, the Software 
> Engineering Institute, and, our School of Computer Science. He also had extensive civic involvement in the Pittsburgh 
> community, including time on the board of St Edmunds Academy. For his research and his leadership he was made a 
> member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of IEEE and AAAS.
>
> We will miss our friend Angel.
>
> Bill



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