[TUHS] G R Emlin

[arnold at skeeve.com]

Brian Kernighan acknowledges Grace's contribution as a reviewer
of his memoir on Unix (published last year).

I asked Brian to follow up with Gerard Holzmann to add her to his
alumni page (https://www.spinroot.com/gerard/1127_alumni.html);
he did so.  The curious can look there to see where she went. :-)

Arnold

Doug McIlroy <doug at cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:

> Coming upon this dedication in  W.B. Yeats's book, "Irish Folk
> stories and Fairy Tales", I felt a frisson of connection: "Inscribed
> to my mystical friend, G. R." Mystically present in the Unix room
> and on the 1127 org chart, G. R. Emlin took a place in our little
> community akin to that of fairies in Irish peasant culture. First
> encountered by Fred Grampp, G. R. manifested to others in various
> guises, ranging from Grace Emlin, whom I remember as a security guru,
> to a Labs-badged apparition now housed in the corporate archives
> (www.peteradamsphoto.com/unix-folklore/). My most memorable personal
> encounter was when I received from G. R. a receipt for paint for the
> water-tower project (spinrooot.com/pico/pjw.html) as part of a request
> for reimbursement. I passed the voucher up the chain of command to
> our executive director, Vic Vyssotsky. Unfortunately for G. R., Vic,
> despite his masterful ability to bypass bureaucratic obstacles,
> declared he wasn't authorized to approve plant improvements.
>
> Doug