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October 29, 1954 - July 12, 2012
Friend, Colleague, Mentor and a tru=
ly awesome guy.
We have all the peop=
le to prove his identity.
Personal and= Family Tribute Web Site
A Memorial (archived) was held= Sunday, July 29, 2012
http://staff.washington.edu/rlmorgan
http://bobmorgan.org
https://twitter.com/rlbobOb=
ituary in Seattle Times
University of Washington Announcement
Hi=
ghlights of Bob's Life - by daughter Annika
See the comments below for all those who helped affirm Bob's=
identity
with the attributes of all the peopl=
e he touched.
It was a community effort - just=
as he would have wanted.
If you wish to contr=
ibute - contact gettes at cmu.edu
or you can mail a check directly to Eve Perara at:
Department of Chemistry
Attention: Eve Perara
University of Washington
Box 351700
Seattle, WA 98195-1700
In recognition of the many years of Bob's leadership in IT for Higher Ed=
ucation and generally,
the community who loved and respected Bob so much,
attempted to acknowledge his many contributions by presenting him with
the Internet2 President's Leadership Award on April 24, 2012. &nbs=
p;
David Lambert, President & CEO of Internet2, =
presenting the award to Bob.
Believed to be the only time Bob was on stage, front and center, and never=
spoke.
The plaque given to him reads:
Given in gratitude to
RL "Bob" Morgan
For exceptional global leadership
in the evolving world of digital identity.
For keen vision and acuity in enabling
new paradigms and services of enduring benefit
to global research, education and beyond.
For mentorship and personifying the essence of
true collaboration and membership in
Internet2 and InCommon.
April, 2012
His professional life in Information Technology was filled with leadersh= ip, design and lots of hard work. Just some of the things he has done= in the Identity and Architecture space (in no particular order):
We lost Bob on July 12, 2012 to his battle with cancer which he document= ed, in = his own very unique way. We believe the following from his blog d= emonstrates his humor, insight, ability to explain complex things in simple= ways, nature to make you think. It's quintessential Bob.
Metaphorically
Just to clear this up, for all you computer people.
Last&nbs= p;time was =E2=80=9Cre-install OS and restore from backup=E2=80=9D.
= This time is =E2=80=9Cinstall a different OS=E2=80=9D.
Nex= t time is =E2=80=9Cmigrate to the cloud=E2=80=9D.
Got it?
Yup, we got it!
If you have some you would like to contribute you can add them yourself = or email Michael = Gettes or Steve Olshansky.
From Kevin Morooney at the Pennsylvania State University comes the story= of the Penn State water bottle and the idea from Renee Shuey (also of P= SU):
Renee and Bob were having a conversation. Eventually, Bob got a ch= ance to speak. They were talking about what his condition was and wha= t he was going to do to try and get better. Renee, of course, wanted = to know what she could do to help. Bob told her that it was going to = be a marathon, so perhaps she could provide water. So she got a water= bottle with Penn State on it and once she explained what it was for, I ask= ed if I could help by taking some pictures with it. I carried it = around with me since that day, and have taken pictures of it all around = campus, central PA, and even places where I've traveled while on business a= nd pleasure. My family was quite helpful at times, as have work colle= agues been. Everyone came to know what the bottle was for. In f= act, I got asked twice the last two days why I was so down and in both case= s all I had to say was that my water bottle friend passed away. They = knew immediately that it was a big deal to me.
And, here are some of the "Bob-isms"
"Innaresting ..."
"W-e-l-l..."
"grumble, grumble"
"ummm, uh."
"Dunno, let's discuss."
"Hee-ellllo"
"I s'pose"
"mmmore or less"
"ifn"
"gnarly!"
"rub shoulders with"
This gem is from Jeff Hodges with some detective work by Terry Gray to f= ind the web page referenced in the following email
Subject: Re: speaking of pix..
From: "RL 'Bob' Morgan" <rlmorgan@cac.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 22:27:08 +0000 ( )
To: Jeff.Hodges@stanford.eduhttp://www.st= anford.edu/group/**itss-ccs/ExArchitect.html
Hmm, so was it you who sent this URL to my boss's boss = via anonymous remailer?
- RL "Bob"
What others are saying:
From Nathan Dors, University of Washington and Bob's manager (morning, Jul=
y 16, 2012):
Subject: RL "Bob" Morgan
[Sent to all of UW-IT]
It is with deep sadness that I share the news that RL "Bob" Morgan passe= d away last Thursday, July 12, at the UW Medical Center.
RL Bob was receiving treatment related to myelodysplastic syndrome, a fo= rm of cancer for which he received a stem cell transplant in June.
Although his title was that of our identity architect, many of us revere= d him and labeled him "spiritual adviser". He brought wisdom, humor, and cl= earheadedness to the complex problems presented by online identity, and to = the challenges of getting key people in higher education and industry to ag= ree on the mechanics needed to enable it, so that ultimately everyone would= trust it. His contributions here were immeasurable, involving the foundati= ons of identity federation, as well as major projects like InCommon, Shibbo= leth, SAML, and much, much more.
In April, he was honored with the Internet2 President's Leadership Award= in recognition of his vision and ability to lead, mentor, and collaborate = with others, which he continued to do via email and on conference calls rig= ht up to his recent admittance to the hospital.
RL Bob leaves us a rich legacy of ideas and examples to work on and live= by. Among the latter: generosity, reciprocity, mumbleocity, and simply kno= wing when to close the laptop and go enjoy what one loves most: family, fri= ends, baking, soccer, reading, dry wit, and a myriad of other things in his= case. For me and many others, he exemplified human flourishing; he will be= missed. Immensely.
Now our thoughts, hearts, and sympathies turn to RL Bob's family: his wi= fe Eve and daughters Annika and Julia. They are planning a memorial event f= or the weekend of July 28, and suggesting that remembrances be made to a co= llege fund for the girls or to Mercy Corps. As soon as details are known, I= will share those with the UW-IT community.
-Nathan
Shel Waggener, Sr. VP of Internet2 NET+ Services, spoke about Bob at the Joint T=
echs workshop at Stanford University on July 16, 2012. Skip to time i=
ndex 6:45 in the video to see Shel's remarks.
Eve Maler, long time Identity expert, has a nice story involving Bob and his role in the identity real= m from 2007.
Kantara Initiative Salute, by Joni Brennan<= /p>
Jeff Hodges - long time friend = ;and more from Jeff about Bob's Stanford Universi= ty work.
= Twitter Feed it would appear twitter has lost the older tweets of o= thers talking about Bob ever since a twit= ter failure
the Shibboleth Consortium has a piece remembering Bob
REFEDS (Research & Education Federations) have remembered Bob
A Memorial (archived) was held Sunday, July 29, 2012, 11am Pacific Time<=
br>
at the Walker-Ames Room (Kane 225) on University of Washington Campu=
s.
A pot-luck open house was held at the Morgan family home following the mem=
orial.
Friends and colleagues @ IETF 84 in Vancouver, BC gathered in Hyatt Rege= ncy F
What Terry Gray shared with us at the memorial