[Athen] Fwd: Jim Thatcher has died

[Jennifer Knott]

Thanks for sharing this, he was the first person I followed as an authority
in accessibility.

Best,
jk
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Columbus State University
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On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 3:40 PM Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org> wrote:


> I'm not sure this has been discussed on the ATHEN or WebAIM lists but I

> saw this post by Richard Ladner about the passing of Jim Thatcher and

> thought I would share it since it was such as nice tribute. Jim came to AHG

> a few times and I saw him regularly up to a few years ago at CSUN and other

> conferences. Definitely a great guy and a pioneer in the field of

> accessibility.

>

> -Howard

>

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------

> From: Richard Ladner <ladner at cs.washington.edu>

> Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 10:56 AM

> Subject: Jim Thatcher has died

> To: <access-announcements at acm.org>

>

>

> *Jim Thatcher passed away on December 7, 2019 at the age of 83.*

>

> He  was the first recipient of the SIGACCESS Outstanding Contribution

> Award

> <https://www.sigaccess.org/2008/04/jim-thatcher-outstanding-contribution-recipient-2008/>

> in 2008.

>

> While working for IBM he developed the first screen readers for personal

> computers.

>

> His website <https://jimthatcher.com/>is being maintained by Knowbility.

>

> He was a very good man.

>

> Richard E. Ladner

> Professor Emeritus

> Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering

> University of Washington

>

>

> --

> Regards,

> Howard

>

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