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ecoist's passing  
« on: Dec 23rd, 2009, 7:26am »
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This is just to inform you all that Professor W. McWorter, Jr., whom you all knew under the moniker of ecoist, passed away on October 22. He was 77.
 
There is little I can say about William, except that years ago he appeared from nowhere with suggestions for my site to which he eventually added several pages. And this is how I found about his passing. An author who is writing a book about Latin Squares asked for permission to use one of William's stories from my site. I forwarded the request to William but, to my surprise, there was no reply. An internet search brought up this obituary:
 
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=william-a-mcwo rter&pid=135695825
 
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« Reply #1 on: Dec 23rd, 2009, 7:37am »
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That is really sad news. I had always looked forward to what he had to write.  
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« Reply #2 on: Dec 23rd, 2009, 11:18am »
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Thanks for letting us know that. I knew he had  
been ill for a couple of years.  
 
Here's his math genealogy:
http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=10136
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« Reply #3 on: Dec 23rd, 2009, 5:32pm »
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Thanks for the update. He would be missed.
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Re: ecoist's passing  
« Reply #4 on: Dec 25th, 2009, 5:19pm »
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Hey that genealogy web site is neat. I was really surprised to know there was something like it where you can look at students and advisors going back in time as far as you wish to go.
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Re: ecoist's passing  
« Reply #5 on: Jan 1st, 2010, 1:22am »
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I am very sorry to hear that Sad
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