[Lgpolicy] Francisco Cardoso Gomes de Matos (1933-2025)

Tue May 26 23:37:41 UTC 2026

I love reading about this Very Good Man as a Peace Linguist. That is the
very Job Title Hal would have liked to use for himself. I have visions
(audiovisions...) of Hal and Francisco working together in The Beyond
(which is also The Within) to use Language to live out our Vocation as One
(often messy...) Family. Hal never wanted to Rest in Peace... He wanted to
Get to Work on his Enhanced Heavenly Platform to build the Community of
Global Understanding. I'm sure Francisco has joined him. Thank you for
posting this.

On Tue, May 26, 2026, 7:09 PM Peltz,Rakhmiel via Lgpolicy <
lgpolicy at lists.mail.umbc.edu> wrote:

> Thank you, Francis and Nancy. This is very relevant for those of us trying
> to develop and maintain hope for the future.
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> Rakhmiel
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> *From:* Lgpolicy <lgpolicy-bounces at lists.mail.umbc.edu> *On Behalf Of *HORNBERGER,
> NANCY H. via Lgpolicy
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2026 2:11 PM
> *To:* lgpolicy at lists.mail.umbc.edu
> *Cc:* HORNBERGER, NANCY H. <nancyh at upenn.edu>; Francis M. Hult <
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> *Subject:* Re: [Lgpolicy] Francisco Cardoso Gomes de Matos (1933-2025)
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> *External.*
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> A lovely man and ever generous with his hopes for peace and linguistic
> human rights.   Thank you, Francis, for the links.  I too have collected
> some of his posters over the years, but I think you’ve got them all in your
> folder.  Maybe not these 1986 and 1993 (as usual prescient) letters from
> Dell Hymes to Francisco, though.
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> *Nancy H. Hornberger*
> <https://www.gse.upenn.edu/academics/faculty-directory/hornberger>*,
> Ph.D.*
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> *Professor Emerita*
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> *University of Pennsylvania*
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> On 5/25/26, 2:54 PM, "Lgpolicy" <lgpolicy-bounces at lists.mail.umbc.edu>
> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues,
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>
> I recently learned the sad news of the passing of Francisco Gomes de Matos
> in July 2025.  He was a pioneer of peace linguistics and a tireless
> advocate for peace and linguistic human rights.  A lovely tribute to him by
> Jocelyn Wright is available here
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://koreatesol.org/content/tribute-francisco-cardoso-gomes-de-matos-1933-2025-0__;!!IBzWLUs!XSSX8Jgc9QvYs2l4qAUFxeGIs2QEI1YKIrazd5H2f2azCrsbUifHAmGCjkJU3vCU8pU_alNHRoqir62VJ7kQ19jy4DE$>
> .
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> I had the honor of knowing Francisco, who was truly delightful in
> correspondence.  He would regularly share his posters and poetry with his
> friends.  I have collected a few of the posters he had most recently shared
> with me in this folder
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1oZuFVZxkfJ_WkmSJ3cbuJDObJuxPe6lL__;!!IBzWLUs!XSSX8Jgc9QvYs2l4qAUFxeGIs2QEI1YKIrazd5H2f2azCrsbUifHAmGCjkJU3vCU8pU_alNHRoqir62VJ7kQMfzKrsw$>.
> I also thought it would be fitting to share this poem he sent me on the
> occasion of his 90th birthday:
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> Good 90 years to reach
> There is still more to teach
> So i ll keep up poster creating.
> Hoping Human Dignity to be elevating
> And for Peace to be educating.
> All for global Harmony
> And for the good of Humanity
>
> May this be a humble plea
> Bringing together you and me
>
> Francisco Gomes de Matos
> A peace linguist from Recife Brazil
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> Rest in peace, dear friend.
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>
> Best,
>
> Francis
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