Larry Urdang

Grant Barrett gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG
Tue Aug 26 11:33:40 UTC 2008


The New York Times has an obituary this morning.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/books/26urdang.html

Grant Barrett
Vice President of Communications and Technology
American Dialect Society
http://www.americandialect.org
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org

On Aug 25, 2008, at 17:08, Grant Barrett wrote:

> I received word this morning that lexicographer Larry Urdang has died
> after a long illness.
>
> Though perhaps known to the newer ADS-L set only as a growling
> curmudgeon who occasionally popped up with jabs and ripostes, longtime
> members know that he had a fruitful and respectable career behind him.
> He also had a generosity of spirit that led him to provide such things
> at the Laurence Urdang-Dictionary Society of North American Award,
> which I was pleased to receive for my dictionary web site three years
> ago. It made the site and the book derived from it possible.
>
> I'm not in a position to properly detail his biography, but I'm sure
> personal recollections would be welcomed by many on this list.
>
> I will post more information to the list when I have it.
>
> Grant Barrett
> Vice President of Communications and Technology
> American Dialect Society
> http://www.americandialect.org
> gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
>
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