sad news - Elena Pizzuto (CNR Rome)

[Valerie Sutton]

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January 14, 2011

I know Erika, I thought of that immediately - You were going to meet with them last summer and then plans got changed...I hope Elena's co-workers will continue working on their research -  Val ;-)


On Jan 14, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Erika Hoffmann wrote:

> I'm so sorry to hear that! I never met her, though I did exchange
> emails with her this summer when I was passing through Rome. At that
> time I learned more about her very interesting work. What a loss.
> Best,
> Erika
> 
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Shane K. Gilchrist
> <shane.gilchrist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Everyone,
>> 
>> I am very sorry to tell you that Dr Elena Pizzuto have passed away last night.
>> 
>> Announcement about her funeral (today) from ENS (Italian Deaf
>> Association) in Italian:
>> 
>> http://www.ens.it/articolo.asp?ID=3837
>> 
>> There are some videos of deaf Italians paying respect to Elena,
>> talking about how wonderful she was in the deaf community, encouraging
>> them to accept that LIS is a real language and all that and how
>> positive she was - and that her presence is much missed:
>> 
>> http://www.vlog-sordi.com/2011/01/un-ricordo-di-elena-pizzuto.html
>> 
>> Some of you may want to check out her home page at:
>> 
>> http://www.istc.cnr.it/createhtml.php?nbr=41
>> 
>> Shane
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
> Assistant Professor of Anthropology
> Oberlin College
>