For those who may have missed this sad news. ===================== MICHAEL DERTOUZOS, HEAD OF MIT's LAB FOR CS, DEAD AT 64 Michael L. Dertouzos, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Computer Sciences, died Monday night in Boston of unknown causes. MIT president Charles M. Vest remembers Dertouzos as "larger than life" and as someone who "was at once a leader, builder, visionary and caring human being." Dertouzos was adamant about the importance of keeping technology subservient to human needs and values, and explained his humanistic vision such books as his recent "The Unfinished Revolution: Human-Centered Computers and What They Can Do for Us." (New York Times 30 Aug 2001) http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/08/30/obituaries/30DERT.html
