Fred Mish

[Tom Zurinskas]

I've always thought that the m-w.com "talking" dictionary was a wonderful thing.  All to his credit if he had anything to do with that.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+ 
see truespel.com phonetic spelling


 
 
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:37:19 -0400
> From: jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM
> Subject: Fred Mish
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> Poster: Joanne Despres <jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM>
> Subject: Fred Mish
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> I am sorry to have to inform you that Frederick C. Mish, former
> editor-in-chief, editorial director, and vice president of Merriam-Webster,
> died on September 27 of this year. In his 29-year career with the company,
> Fred was responsible for overseeing editorial work on the ninth, tenth, and
> eleventh editions of the Collegiate Dictionary and numerous other
> dictionaries and reference books bearing the company's name. A book he was
> particularly proud to see published during his tenure was Merriam-Webster's
> Dictionary of English Usage, for which he did a complete review of the
> manuscript at the final editing stage. A member of the Dictionary Society
> of North America, American Dialect Society, Linguistic Society of America,
> and National Council of Teachers of English, Fred gave frequent public talks
> on American English and the making of dictionaries and appeared on several
> nationally televised programs, including William Buckley's Firing Line, CBS
> Morning News, and Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, spreading the good
> word about dictionaries and doing his part to dispel the common
> misconceptions. He also raised three sons, Stephen, David, and Andrew, with
> his wife Judy, and was active in the community life of their home town,
> Longmeadow, Massachusetts. His colleagues at Merriam-Webster will remember
> him for his high standards of scholarship and firm sense of commitment to
> the company's traditional strengths as well as his sensitivity and
> self-deprecating wit.
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