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July 07, 2004
In memoriam: John Rheinfrank

How sad...I just received an email that let me know that John Rheinfrank (who I mentioned in an entry just last Saturday) passed away a day later, on the 4th of July.

I didn't know the man, but I'd become interested in his work after viewing content on his site and the outline of a talk he and wife Shelley did on a rationale for user-centered design.

For more, see this personal reflection and the official announcement.

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Thanks for mentioning this. John's wife, Shelley, was hired recently to Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design. I had met Shelley before, but met John for the first time this winter when he and Shelley were in my wife's oriental rug shop. I stuffed a couple big rugs into their VW Beetle that day. There is a memorial service in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

-- Posted by ken on July 8, 2004 11:35 AM
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