sad tidings

[Keith GOERINGER]

>From: timber at uclink.Berkeley.EDU (Alan Timberlake)
>
>
>Wednesday 28 February
>
>With the greatest sadness we have just learned that our mentor and
>colleague, erudite scholar, and, above all, beloved friend Francis J.
>Whitfield died last night.  We wish to extend our deepest sympathies to
>Celina Whitfield.
>
>Alan Timberlake
>UC Berkeley
>Slavic Languages & Literatures