[Building Sakai] Sad news re. Steve Smail

[Jim Eng]

Steve's obituary as provided by the funeral home:

http://www.allenfuneralhome.org/obituaries/steven-r-smail.aspx



On Dec 31, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Dunn, Jon William Butcher wrote:

> Dear Sakai community:
>
> I am very sorry to have to relay the sad news that Steve Smail,
> Programmer/Analyst in Library Information Technology at Indiana  
> University,
> passed away on Monday, December 28.
>
> Steve was a generous and long-time member of the Sakai developer  
> community,
> and I know that many of you knew him through his work on the  
> Sakaibrary
> project, Citations Helper, and previous library resource integration
> efforts, as well as through his regular attendance at Sakai  
> conferences.
>
> In lieu of flowers, Steve's family suggests donations to Hospice of
> Bloomington Hospital
> <http://www.bloomingtonhospital.org/doc/Page.asp?PageID=DOC000161>,  
> the
> Bloomington High School North Band program
> <http://www.bhsnbands.com/donate.shtml>, or WonderLab
> <http://www.wonderlab.org/membersndonors/donor.shtml>.
>
> Jon
>
> ---
> Jon Dunn
> Associate Director for Technology
> Indiana University Digital Library Program
> IU Libraries / University Information Technology Services
> jwd at indiana.edu
> (812) 855-0953
>
>