12 Oct
2022
12 Oct
'22
9:03 p.m.
Berkeley Tague says he invited John to work with the USG in 1978
[ AUUG, below. Also by Ronda Hauben in multiple places ]
[ In two ‘recollections’ / history docs sourced from UNSW, ]
[ the first visit was misremembered as 1976 or 1977. ]
I was wondering when John's two other sabbaticals to Bells Labs were.
The Peter Ivanov interview with John in “Unix Review”, 1985, notes two sabbaticals by
then.
After writing the celebrated Commentary on the UNIX Operating System in 1976,
Lions was asked to spend two sabbaticals at the Labs.
This comment in 2000 on “9fans” from Rob Pike
says John also visited in 1989,
but sadly his work by then had been affected.
<https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=144372955601968&w=2>
Anyone know when the other visit was?
Presumably 1983 or 1984 if John took a semester off every 5 years.
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In AUUGN Oct 1995, V16 #5, there’s a collection of emails, an ‘interview’ with John
PDF pages 17 & 24
<https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/AUUGN/AUUGN-V16.5.pdf>
Berkeley Tague says in 1978 he invited John to work with the USG.
then
He wanted to come to Murray Hill for his sabbatical so it was a win/win situation.
He spent two or three summers at Bell Labs over the years
and supplied us with many of his graduate students
for sabbaticals and permanent employment.
Later:
AUUGN:
What have been the professional highlights of your career?
JL:
For myself, three sabbaticals at Bell Laboratories have been highlights.
For my students, opportunities arose for employment at the Laboratories.
========
--
Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
13 Oct
13 Oct
1:08 p.m.
I can put a bound on John's early 80's sabbatical. John stayed at my house
in Berkeley Heights (an easy walk to Murray Hill) while he was looking for
a place to rent when Marianne joined him. I bought the house in 1980, so it
had to be later than that. And John put us up when we visited Australia in
1983, so it was before that. I'm guessing 1982, but that's just a guess.
On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 5:05 PM steve jenkin <sjenkin(a)canb.auug.org.au>
wrote:
Berkeley Tague says he invited John to work with the
USG in 1978
[ AUUG, below. Also by Ronda Hauben in multiple places ]
[ In two ‘recollections’ / history docs sourced from UNSW, ]
[ the first visit was misremembered as 1976 or 1977. ]
I was wondering when John's two other sabbaticals to Bells Labs were.
The Peter Ivanov interview with John in “Unix Review”, 1985, notes two
sabbaticals by then.
After writing the celebrated Commentary on the UNIX Operating
System in 1976,
Lions was asked to spend two sabbaticals at the Labs.
This comment in 2000 on “9fans” from Rob Pike
says John also visited in 1989,
but sadly his work by then had been affected.
<https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=144372955601968&w=2>
Anyone know when the other visit was?
Presumably 1983 or 1984 if John took a semester off every 5 years.
========
In AUUGN Oct 1995, V16 #5, there’s a collection of emails, an ‘interview’
with John
PDF pages 17 & 24
<https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/AUUGN/AUUGN-V16.5.pdf>
Berkeley Tague says in 1978 he invited John to work with the USG.
then
He wanted to come to Murray Hill for his sabbatical so it was a
win/win situation.
He spent two or three summers at Bell Labs over the years
and supplied us with many of his graduate students
for sabbaticals and permanent employment.
Later:
AUUGN:
What have been the professional highlights of your career?
JL:
For myself, three sabbaticals at Bell Laboratories have been
highlights.
For my students, opportunities arose for employment at the
Laboratories.
========
--
Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
1:20 p.m.
One clue is that "The Second Pass of the Portable C Compiler" is dated
June 1979 and says on the title page, "John Lions, Bell Laboratories,
Murray Hill, New Jersey", so he must have been there then.
On 10/13/2022 06:08 AM, John P. Linderman wrote:
I can put a bound on John's early 80's
sabbatical. John stayed at my
house in Berkeley Heights (an easy walk to Murray Hill) while he was
looking for a place to rent when Marianne joined him. I bought the
house in 1980, so it had to be later than that. And John put us up
when we visited Australia in 1983, so it was before that. I'm guessing
1982, but that's just a guess.
On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 5:05 PM steve jenkin <sjenkin(a)canb.auug.org.au
<mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au>> wrote:
Berkeley Tague says he invited John to work with the USG in 1978
[ AUUG, below. Also by Ronda Hauben in multiple places ]
[ In two ‘recollections’ / history docs sourced from UNSW, ]
[ the first visit was misremembered as 1976 or 1977. ]
I was wondering when John's two other sabbaticals to Bells Labs were.
The Peter Ivanov interview with John in “Unix Review”, 1985, notes
two sabbaticals by then.
After writing the celebrated Commentary on the UNIX
Operating System in 1976,
Lions was asked to spend two sabbaticals at the Labs.
This comment in 2000 on “9fans” from Rob Pike
says John also visited in 1989,
but sadly his work by then had been affected.
<https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=144372955601968&w=2>
Anyone know when the other visit was?
Presumably 1983 or 1984 if John took a semester off every 5 years.
========
In AUUGN Oct 1995, V16 #5, there’s a collection of emails, an
‘interview’ with John
PDF pages 17 & 24
<https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/AUUGN/AUUGN-V16.5.pdf>
Berkeley Tague says in 1978 he invited John to work with the USG.
then
He wanted to come to Murray Hill for his sabbatical so it
was a win/win situation.
He spent two or three summers at Bell Labs over the years
and supplied us with many of his graduate students
for sabbaticals and permanent employment.
Later:
AUUGN:
What have been the professional highlights of your career?
JL:
For myself, three sabbaticals at Bell Laboratories have
been highlights.
For my students, opportunities arose for employment at the
Laboratories.
========
--
Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au <mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au>
http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
<http://members.tip.net.au/%7Esjenkin>
8:06 p.m.
John,
1982 fits with John starting at UNSW in August 1972 and being eligible for 26-weeks
Sabbatical every 5 years.
The Unix Review article in 1985 was quite clear Dr Lions had been at Bell Labs twice on
Sabbatical.
Leaving the June 1979 paper mentioned by Luther Johnson to be explained. Perhaps
Recreation leave, not Sabbatical.
best regards
steve j
On 14 Oct 2022, at 00:08, John P. Linderman
<jpl.jpl(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I can put a bound on John's early 80's sabbatical. John stayed at my house in
Berkeley Heights (an easy walk to Murray Hill) while he was looking for a place to rent
when Marianne joined him.
I bought the house in 1980, so it had to be later than that.
And John put us up when we visited Australia in 1983, so it was before that.
I'm guessing 1982, but that's just a guess.
--
Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
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