Allen Walker Read dies, age 96

[Frank Abate]

The obit for Allen Walker Read starts out with his work on OK, but goes on
to mention a number of his other achievements in scholarship.  It has a few
nice quotes from him, and speaks of his career pretty thoroughly.  I
encourage you all to read it, at (www.nytimes.com) click on "Obituaries" in
the column to the left.

We shall miss him, but his truly awesome body of work, his good humor, and
the examples he set for scholarship will always be with us.

Frank Abate