[ATTW-L] Ty Herrington - a year later

[Brian Larson]

And her hospitality... when I was coming to take my first academic post at
Georgia Tech after finishing my PhD in 2015, my spouse and I came for a
house-hunting visit. Ty became the first other Tech faculty member to
invite us to her home, and then she walked with us for nearly three hours,
some of it in the rain, through neighborhoods she thought we might be
interested in seeing. She fortified us before departure with margaritas
just the way we like them: Good tequila and lime juice--and that's it. We
did find some dinner, too, good BBQ (Texas style).

She was so protective of me when I arrived and started teaching. And when I
evaluated a career move, she offered steady counsel, though we all knew the
cancer was back. I miss her.
-- 
-Brian
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On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 7:46 AM Pass, Elizabeth Ruth - passer <
PASSER at jmu.edu> wrote:

> Thank you, Sam. You brought back so many memories.
>
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> She would also encourage that the dessert be something chocolate...and
> that everyone share.
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>
> 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
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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.
>
>
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> 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.
>
>
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> 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).
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>
> 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
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>
>
> Sam Dragga
>
> Professor Emeritus
>
> Texas Tech University
>
> Editor, *Technical Communication*
>
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu
>
> 1-806-543-6099
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