[ATTW-L] Ty Herrington - a year later

[Steve Thompson]

Will take your wise advice, Sam, and promise to toast Ty's lasting life 
and legacy tonight at The Grey with people I don't already know.

Peace.

Steve

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Steven John Thompson, PhD

http://steve.ws

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On 7/31/19 6:34 AM, Dragga, Sam wrote:
>
> 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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