Fwd: Paul Benedict

[Paul J Hopper]

---------- Forwarded message begins here ----------

Return-path: <owner-histling at VM.SC.EDU>
X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 0;andrew.cmu.edu;Network-Mail
Received: from po5.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail
          ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ph1u/Mailbox/MnpHw3i00Udd0d4E40>;
          Tue, 22 Jul 1997 19:15:15 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from VM.SC.EDU (vm.sc.edu [129.252.41.4]) by
po5.andrew.cmu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.2) with SMTP id TAA10509 for
<ph1u+ at ANDREW.CMU.EDU>; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 19:15:13 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from VM.SC.EDU by VM.SC.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 2110;
   Tue, 22 Jul 97 18:11:59 EDT
Received: from VM.SC.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV at UNIVSCVM) by VM.SC.EDU
(LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8245; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:11:57 -0400
Received: from VM.SC.EDU by VM.SC.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool
          id 9412 for HISTLING at VM.SC.EDU; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:11:55 -0400
Received: from UNIVSCVM (NJE origin DISTERH at UNIVSCVM) by VM.SC.EDU (LMail
          V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8227; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:11:55 -0400
Received: from UNIVSCVM (NJE origin SMTP at UNIVSCVM) by VM.SC.EDU (LMail
          V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8119; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:08:15 -0400
Received: from VM.SC.EDU by VM.SC.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 2050;
          Tue, 22 Jul 97 18:08:15 EDT
Received: from VM.SC.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV at UNIVSCVM) by VM.SC.EDU (LMail
          V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8115; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:08:15 -0400
Received: from UNIVSCVM (NJE origin SMTP at UNIVSCVM) by VM.SC.EDU (LMail
          V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8113; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:08:15 -0400
Received: from CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU by VM.SC.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; Tue,
          22 Jul 97 18:08:14 EDT
Received: from CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU by CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with
          BSMTP id 9502; Tue, 22 Jul 97 18:08:56 EDT
Received: from cms.cc.wayne.edu (NJE origin MRATLIF at WAYNEST1) by
          CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3461; Tue, 22 Jul
          1997 18:08:56 -0400
Approved-By:  Dorothy Disterheft <DISTERH at UNIVSCVM.SC.EDU>
Message-ID:  <HISTLING%97072218115529 at VM.SC.EDU>
Date:         Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:11:51 EDT
Reply-To: Martha Ratliff <MRATLIF at CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU>
Sender: HISTLING -- Historical Linguistics Mailing List
              <HISTLING at VM.SC.EDU>
From: Martha Ratliff <MRATLIF at CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU>
Subject:      Paul Benedict
To: HISTLING at VM.SC.EDU

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

Dear colleagues,

It is with a heavy heart that I make the following announcement -- Paul
Benedict was killed in a car accident in Florida yesterday.  I talked with
his wife today, and she told me that he died quickly, without suffering.  I
had just seen him at a meeting of Southeast Asianists in May, where he was
as active and happy as always, and full of ideas for new projects.

If any of you knew Paul and care to write to his wife, the address is as
follows:

Marilyn Benedict
104 River Lane
Ormond Beach, Florida  32176


In memory of good times now past,
Martha Ratliff