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I had a few exchanges with DEK back in the 80s. Even then he had his secretary filtering his e-mail and if a response was warranted, she would request a postal
by dhosek 6y ago
I had a few exchanges with DEK back in the 80s. Even then he had his secretary filtering his e-mail and if a response was warranted, she would request a postal address so he could send his answer handwritten on a printout of the e-mail. I still have those answers in a box along with other correspondence from the era.
- drfuchs 6y agoThe intensely loyal Phyllis Winkler. You couldn’t even get into DEK’s office without going through hers, which I think was a unique arrangement in Margaret Jacks Hall.
- jfk13 6y agoI also had a few such exchanges (mine would have been at the end of the 80s or early 90s, I think) -- by snail-mail in both directions. His replies came in envelopes addressed to me as "Dr. ..." or even once as "Prof. ...", which I found pleasantly amusing, as I hadn't actually graduated from anywhere, let alone reached such exalted heights. (His usual form of reply, as I recall it, would be a note pencilled on a copy of my letter.)
- dhosek 6y agoI often got email addressed to Prof. Hosek or Dr. Hosek when I was in undergrad courtesy of my activity in the TeX world. I don't think I've gotten any such misattribution once after actually getting a degree, even when I was teaching college as an adjunct.