Liz Bates

[Brian MacWhinney]

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From: "Jeff Elman" <jelman at AD.UCSD.EDU>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 10:48:06 -0800
To: <macw at cmu.edu>
Subject: FW: Liz Bates

From: Jeff Elman [mailto:elman at crl.ucsd.edu]
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 9:33 AM
Subject: Liz Bates



It is with a very deep sadness that we write to tell you of the death of
Elizabeth Bates. Liz passed away Saturday evening, December 13 after a
courageous year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. At the end, Liz was
at home with her husband George and her daughter Julia, other close
family members, and all surrounded by many friends in body and spirit.

Over a three decade career, Liz established herself as a world leader in
a number of fields -- child development, language acquisition, aphasia
research, cross-linguistic research, and adult psycholinguistics. She
was passionate about science and about ideas. Fearless and bold in
following these ideas wherever they took her, and unafraid of
controversy, Liz inspired many to follow in her footsteps.

But to her many friends around the world, Liz will also be remembered
for her enormous generosity and joie de vivre. She was tremendously
loyal and supportive to her students, and took great joy in their
accomplishments. She was unstinting in her efforts to promote the
careers of friends and colleagues, and played a key role in building
bridges with research groups around the world.

Liz was larger than life, and was a large part of many people's lives.
We shall miss her terribly.

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The family requests that in lieu of flowers, contributions be sent to
the Elizabeth Bates Graduate Research Fund, c/o Center for Research in
Language - MC 0526; University of California, San Diego; La Jolla,
California 92093-0526. In keeping with Liz's deep commitment to
supporting students, this fund will be used to assist graduate students
in their research, emphasizing the many areas in which Liz herself made
pioneering contributions.

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