RIP Alan Thomas

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On May 13, 2005, at 6:29 AM, Bethany K. Dumas wrote:

> I am sorry to report thatI learned recently of the April 6 death of
> our colleague Alan R. Thomas, of the University of Wales in Bangor.
> I am
> told that the funeral was on April 12. There is a brief
> announcement at:
>
> http://www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics/about/AlanThomas.php
>
> Alan was known to many of us for his research on language
> variation, of
> course, and as a conference organizer (Methods and others). We have a
> special fondness for Alan here in Knoxville, for he taught as a
> Visiting
> Professor at The University of Tennessee on a few occasions, and he
> had
> many friends here. We shall miss him.

indeed.  alan was one of my hosts when i visited wales in 1972, and
continued to be helpful to me by mail thereafter.

arnold