Saturday, April 23, 2011

Jerry

At about 12:30 today, April 23 2011, Professor Jerome Y. Lettvin died peacefully listening to his own translations of Christian Morgenstern..

This blog will serve as a tribute page for those who wish to communicate in this way. Please feel free to contribute any stories or memories.

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David

3 comments:

  1. historical pictures
    http://lettvin.com/lettvin/100dpi/

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  2. wikipedia article
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Lettvin

    translations from Morgenstern
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Morgenstern#Gallows_Songs

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  3. My condolences Jonathan. I recall the time we spent talking to him. I found it very enlightening.

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