Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Steven A Smith
All the old men (and women) are dying! Is it a sign or is it a portent of things to come that Leonard Cohen and Fidel Castro both checked out soon with the election!? Thanks Roger for letting us know about Weininger and Fienberg... I hadn't heard. On 12/14/16 7:45 PM, Roger Critchlow

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Frank Wimberly
Yes, having left Carnegie Mellon in 1998 I occasionally inquire about former colleagues only to learn that they are deceased. Fienberg's office was down the hall from mine but I didn't know him well. On the other hand I can count about 10 whom I did know well. Most were younger than I. Did you

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Merle Lefkoff
You're right, Roger. We must pay more attention to the dearest live ones. On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote: > Ah, the mortality is getting thick. My high school buddy Aaron had a > fatal massive heart attack in August. My sister-in-law Mimi succumbed to >

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Roger Critchlow
Ah, the mortality is getting thick. My high school buddy Aaron had a fatal massive heart attack in August. My sister-in-law Mimi succumbed to cancer on October 30 while I was flying back from visiting her and my brother. Dave Weininger, master of chemical information, passed away on November 2.

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Merle Lefkoff
Thanks so much for the memory--one of my first aha! moments as I discovered Complexity science was watching Schelling's segregation ABM. On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Stephen Guerin wrote: > A message from Yaneer: > > > In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling >