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h1. RL "Bob" Morgan
October 29, 1954 - July 12, 2012
{color:blue}Friend, Colleague, Mentor and a truly awesome guy.{color}
{color:blue}We have all the people to prove his identity.{color}
*[Personal and Family Tribute Web Site|rlbob:Personal and Family Life]*
*A* *[Memorial (archived)|http://mediaamp.org/webcast/rlbob/]* *was held Sunday, July 29, 2012*
[http://staff.washington.edu/rlmorgan|http://staff.washington.edu/rlmorgan/]
[http://bobmorgan.org|http://bobmorgan.org/]
[https://twitter.com/rlbob|https://twitter.com/rlbob]
[Obituary in Seattle Times|http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=rl-morgan-bob&pid=158705110#fbLoggedOut]
[University of Washington Announcement|http://www.washington.edu/news/2012/07/23/memorial-for-uw-its-r-l-bob-morgan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memorial-for-uw-its-r-l-bob-morgan]
[Highlights of Bob's Life - by daughter Annika|https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/download/attachments/32440408/Dad+timeline.jpg]
*{_}See the comments below for all those who helped affirm Bob's identity{_}*
*{_}with the attributes of all the people he touched._*
*{_}It was a community effort - just as he would have wanted._*
*{_}If you wish to contribute - contact gettes at cmu.edu{_}*
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{{info} {center} Alternatively, you can make a donation to the [Mercy Corps|https://www.mercycorps.org/donate] in the name of _{+}RL "Bob" Morgan{+}_ by checking _"This gift is in honor or memory of someone"_. {center} |
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His professional life in Information Technology was filled with leadership, design and lots of hard work. Just some of the things he has done in the Identity and Architecture space (in no particular order):
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We lost Bob on July 12, 2012 to his battle with cancer which he documented, in his own very unique way. We believe the following from his blog demonstrates his humor, insight, ability to explain complex things in simple ways, nature to make you think. It's quintessential Bob.
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{column} {section} ---- His professional life in Information Technology was filled with leadership, design and lots of hard work. Just some of the things he has done in the Identity and Architecture space (in no particular order): {section:border=true} {column:width=50%} * A founder of the [InCommon Federation|http://www.incommon.org] (involved in nearly every aspect of creating and developing the federation and the concepts of federation) * Co-Chair of InCommon Technology Advisory Committee * Chair of [MACE|http://middleware.internet2.edu/MACE/] (Middleware Architecture Committee for Education) * Senior Technology Architect, Computing and Communications at University of Washington * Bread Baker's Guild of America * [Internet2 Middleware Initiative|http://www.internet2.edu/middleware/index.cfm] * National Science Foundation Middleware Initiative (a primary lead, key contributor and definer of new terminology) * co-creator of [Shibboleth|http://www.shibboleth.net] * InCommon [CAMP & Advanced CAMP|http://www.incommon.org/camp/] (leader, presenter, contributor) * [IETF|http://www.ietf.org] (working groups: ldapext, SASL, PKIX, TLS, ASID, KRB-wg), his [specific RFC contributions|http://getrfc.com/author/1702] * [Internet Society|http://www.internetsociety.org/] * Directories (particularly for use in Higher Education) * MACE [Grouper|http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/] Project * MACE [Signet|http://middleware.internet2.edu/signet/] Project (deprecated) * [fping|http://fping.sourceforge.net/man], versions 2.x * Bob's [EDUCAUSE Biography|http://www.educause.edu/members/rl-morgan] and related body of work * [Google Tech Talk|http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6633812049929827314], Sept 2007 (Bob and Ken) _Internet Scale Identity, Collaboration, and Higher Education_ {column} {column} * OASIS Security Services (SAML) Technical Committee member * SAML (key contributor in developing this standard), co-editor for [SAML2IDAssuranceProfile|https://wiki.oasis-open.org/security/SAML2IDAssuranceProfile|https://wiki.oasis-open.org/security/SAML2IDAssuranceProfile] * [OpenSAML.org|http://OpenSAML.org/] * Open Identity Exchange (OIX) Advisory Board * [Kantara Initiative|http://kantarainitiative.org], various contributions * Identity Commons * OSIDM4HE - Open Source Identity Management 4 Higher Education - now named CIFER * [Common Solutions Group|http://www.stonesoup.org] (one of the "usual suspects" of this group) * NAC - Network Applications Consortium * [TERENA|http://www.terena.org] and the [First Advanced EuroCAMP|http://www.terena.org/activities/eurocamp/october06/programme1.html] in Malaga. ** TF-EMC2 * [REFEDS|http://www.refeds.org] * [Towards Kerberizing Web Identity and Services|http://kingsmountain.com/doc/HodgesHowlettJohanssonMorgan-TowardsKerberizingWebIdentityAndServices-2008-12-22.pdf], Jeff Hodges, Josh Howlett, [Leif Johansson|http://blogs.mnt.se/], [RL "Bob" Morgan|http://staff.washington.edu/rlmorgan/]. [MIT Kerberos Consortium|http://www.kerberos.org/] whitepaper, 22-Dec-2008. * [Requirements and Approaches for a Publicly Visible Persistent Identifier for Person Entries in the Stanford University Enterprise Directory Service|http://www.kingsmountain.com/people/Jeff.Hodges/PubliclyUniqPersistIdentV1_1.html]. Jeff Hodges, [RL "Bob" Morgan|http://staff.washington.edu/rlmorgan/], July 1998 (revised Aug 2006). ([.pdf|http://www.kingsmountain.com/people/Jeff.Hodges/PubliclyUniqPersistIdentV1_1.pdf]) * CalConnect - the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium {column} {section} ---- We lost Bob on July 12, 2012 to his battle with cancer which he documented, in [his own very unique way|http://www.bobmorgan.org/bword/]. We believe the following from his blog demonstrates his humor, insight, ability to explain complex things in simple ways, nature to make you think. It's quintessential Bob. {table-row}{table-cell:width=25%}{table-cell}{table-cell:width=50%}{quote} h6. [Metaphorically|http://www.bobmorgan.org/bword/2012/06/metaphorically/] Just to clear this up, for all you computer people. _Last_ time was “re-install OS and restore from backup”. _This_ time is “install a different OS”. _Next_ time is “migrate to the cloud”. Got it? {quote} {table-cell}{table-cell:width=25%}{table-cell}{table-row} |
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This gem is from Jeff Hodges with some detective work by Terry Gray to find the web page referenced in the following email
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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.edu
[http://www.stanford.edu/group/**itss-ccs/ExArchitect.html|http://web.archive.org/web/20010709153934/http://www.stanford.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"
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---- {section} {column:width=50%} *{_}What others are saying{_}*: From Nathan Dors, University of Washington and Bob's manager (morning, July 16, 2012): {quote} Subject: RL "Bob" Morgan \\ \[Sent to all of UW-IT\] \\ It is with deep sadness that I share the news that RL "Bob" Morgan passed away last Thursday, July 12, at the UW Medical Center. \\ RL Bob was receiving treatment related to myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of cancer for which he received a stem cell transplant in June. \\ Although his title was that of our identity architect, many of us revered him and labeled him "spiritual adviser". He brought wisdom, humor, and clearheadedness to the complex problems presented by online identity, and to the challenges of getting key people in higher education and industry to agree on the mechanics needed to enable it, so that ultimately everyone would trust it. His contributions here were immeasurable, involving the foundations of identity federation, as well as major projects like InCommon, Shibboleth, 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 right 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 knowing when to close the laptop and go enjoy what one loves most: family, friends, 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 wife Eve and daughters Annika and Julia. They are planning a memorial event for the weekend of July 28, and suggesting that remembrances be made to a college fund for the girls or to Mercy Corps. As soon as details are known, I will share those with the UW-IT community. \\ \-Nathan \\ {quote} {column}{column} [From Paul Madsen|https://twitter.com/paulmadsen/status/223919635769200642/photo/1] [!paulmadsen.png|align=center,border=1!|https://twitter.com/paulmadsen/status/223919635769200642/photo/1] ---- Shel Waggener, Sr. VP of Internet2 NET\+ Services, [spoke about Bob|http://events.internet2.edu/2012/jt-stanford/agenda.cfm?go=session&id=10002420&event=1232] at the Joint Techs workshop at Stanford University on July 16, 2012. Skip to time index 6:45 in the video to see Shel's remarks. [Eve Maler|http://www.xmlgrrl.com/blog/welcome/], long time Identity expert, has [a nice story involving Bob|http://www.xmlgrrl.com/blog/2007/01/21/openid-and-saml-a-swirling-nexus/] and his role in the identity realm from 2007. [Kantara Initiative Salute|http://kantarainitiative.org/wordpress/2012/07/salute_to_rlbob/], by Joni Brennan [Jeff Hodges - long time friend|http://identitymeme.org/archives/2012/07/13/rlbob-migrates-to-the-cloud] and more from Jeff about [Bob's Stanford University work|http://identitymeme.org/archives/2012/07/14/rlbob-sunet-id/]. [Twitter Feed|https://twitter.com/#!/search/rlbob] _it would appear twitter has lost the older tweets of others talking about Bob ever since a_ _[twitter failure|http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-hit-mystery-outage-164651750.html]_ the Shibboleth Consortium has a [piece remembering Bob|http://shibboleth.net/community/news/20120717.html] REFEDS (Research & Education Federations) [have remembered Bob|https://blog.refeds.org/a/36] {column}{section} ---- {center} A [Memorial (archived)|http://mediaamp.org/webcast/rlbob/] was held Sunday, July 29, 2012, 11am Pacific Time at the [Walker-Ames Room (Kane 225) on University of Washington Campus.|http://www.css.washington.edu/KNE_Directions] A pot-luck open house was held at the Morgan family home following the memorial. Friends and colleagues @ IETF 84 in Vancouver, BC gathered in Hyatt Regency F [What Terry Gray shared with us|http://www.terrygray.org/tributes/rlbob] at the memorial {center} ---- |
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