<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">...he was the first person I followed as an authority in accessibility.</div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>Same here. Sorry that he has passed, yet very thankful for the legacy he left and the path he blazed.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Shelley</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 12, 2019, at 1:42 PM, Jennifer Knott <<a href="mailto:knott_jennifer@columbusstate.edu" class="">knott_jennifer@columbusstate.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Thanks for sharing this, he was the first person I followed as an authority in accessibility.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">jk<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size:small" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font class="">____________________________</font></div><div class=""><font class="">Jennifer Knott, Ed.D.<br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font class="">Director, Center of Online Learning</font></div><div class=""><font class="">Columbus State University</font></div><div class=""><font class="">(706) 507-8695</font></div><div class=""><font class=""><img src="https://ur.columbusstate.edu/logos/logo_files/2015/CSU_Logo_Primary2.png" width="191" height="42" style="margin-right:0px" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font class=""><img src="https://cool.columbusstate.edu/images/COOL-Summer-2019r.jpeg" width="200" height="101" class=""></font><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 3:40 PM Howard Kramer <<a href="mailto:hkramer@ahead.org" class="">hkramer@ahead.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">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. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Howard<br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Richard Ladner</strong> <span dir="auto" class=""><<a href="mailto:ladner@cs.washington.edu" target="_blank" class="">ladner@cs.washington.edu</a>></span><br class="">Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 10:56 AM<br class="">Subject: Jim Thatcher has died<br class="">To: <<a href="mailto:access-announcements@acm.org" target="_blank" class="">access-announcements@acm.org</a>><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><strong style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.76px; letter-spacing: 0.86px;" class="">Jim Thatcher passed away on December 7, 2019 at the age of 83.</strong><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">He was the first recipient of the <a href="https://www.sigaccess.org/2008/04/jim-thatcher-outstanding-contribution-recipient-2008/" target="_blank" class="">SIGACCESS Outstanding Contribution Award</a> in 2008.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">While working for IBM he developed the first screen readers for personal computers. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">His <a href="https://jimthatcher.com/" target="_blank" class="">website </a>is being maintained by Knowbility.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">He was a very good man.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Richard E. Ladner<div class="">Professor Emeritus</div><div class="">Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering</div><div class="">University of Washington</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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