[ATTW-L] Ty Herrington - a year later

[Pass, Elizabeth Ruth - passer]

Thank you, Sam. You brought back so many memories.


She would also encourage that the dessert be something chocolate...and that everyone share.


Elizabeth


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Elizabeth R. Pass, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication
James Madison University
54 Bluestone Drive
MSC 2103, Harrison Hall 2258
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540.568.8139
passer at jmu.edu
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From: ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> on behalf of Dragga, Sam <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 6:34:15 AM
To: attw-l at attw.org
Subject: [ATTW-L] Ty Herrington - a year later

Ty Herrington died a year ago today.  She lived a vigorous life.  She was curious, inventive, audacious.  She was my PhD student and among the earliest PhD graduates in Technical Communication and Rhetoric from Texas Tech University.  She was always firing on all cylinders (a metaphor she would have appreciated as a racing enthusiast).  She delivered to us incisive books and articles about intellectual property, ethics, social justice, and fair use.

Given a diagnosis of cancer, she hiked El Camino de Santiago and took up surfing in Costa Rica.  She was a world traveler and a world teacher, putting together students in Atlanta, Georgia, and St. Petersburg, Russia, as easily as she put together a syllabus.

She was ready at any time for a conversation about almost anything—a conversation that would be as instructive as it was amusing, that would leave you wiser as well as smiling.  She was untiring as a colleague and a friend.  Her preparation for academic conferences included finding the most interesting restaurants (Proof in Louisville, The Grey in Savannah) as sites for energetic discussions about food, nutrition, sustainability, design, culture, politics, teaching, and rhetoric.

She deserved more time, and she would claim we all do (with obvious exceptions).

In memory of Ty, treat yourself today to a splendid dessert, take the stairs instead of the elevator, admire the architecture of your city, or strike up a conversation with people you don’t already know.  She would be envious.

Sam

Sam Dragga
Professor Emeritus
Texas Tech University
Editor, Technical Communication
sam.dragga at ttu.edu<mailto:sam.dragga at ttu.edu>
1-806-543-6099



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