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diff --git a/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/5_3/booth.tex b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/5_3/booth.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f8515bd3a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/5_3/booth.tex @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +\title{Cathy Booth Memorial} +\author{} +\begin{Article} + At the 1992 AGM it was agreed that the \ukt\ would establish the + Cathy Booth Memorial Fund, to be used ``to support education and + research in electronic publishing in general and in the use and + development of \TeX\ and its relatives in particular, and for other + charitable purposes connected with education''. + + The committee intended to set up a charitable trust to administer + the fund, and then to collect money for it (cheques cannot be + written to a trust which does not yet exist). However, both trusts + and charities are covered by various laws, and the legal hurdles + proved too much for the committee. Accordingly, at its meeting in + February 1995, the committee decided to adopt a simpler way of + honouring Cathy Booth's memory, but with the same aim. + Specifically, it was decided to do something in Cathy Booth's name, + at least once in each calendar year, supported by money if + appropriate, for the purpose ``of furthering research and education + in relation to electronic publishing in general and the use and + development of the public domain typesetting program \TeX\ and + related programs in particular''. (This wording is taken from the + draft trust document.) + + As it's first act in Cathy Booth's memory, the committee gave + support, in two ways, to the April 1995 GUTenberg meeting on the + $\Omega$~project. It donated \pounds 200 to the meeting. It also + sent Robin Fairbairns to the meeting as its delegate. A report of + that meeting appears elsewhere in this issue. + +\begin{flushright} +R. A. Bailey\\ +Honorary Secretary 1991--1995 +\end{flushright} +\end{Article} +\author{Chris Rowley and Malcolm Clark} +\title{Cathy Booth 1952--1991} +\begin{Article} +Cathy Booth\footnote{This article is based on one that appeared in + \TeX line in 1991} +died on June 27th, 1991. She had known that she had cancer +of the kidneys for just about a year. She had undergone a major +operation the previous summer, but sadly the extensive surgery +performed at that time was too late to control the cancer. During +that last year she fought the disease consistently, cheerfully and +resolutely; she was determined that she should not be treated any +differently, despite the gradual decline in mobility and energy which +ensued. Ultimately she was confined to a wheel chair and she moved +into a hospice at Tiverton, near her Exeter home, in the hope that her +house would be modified to allow her to return to it and continue her +life as normal. However, this was not to be: she died, peacefully +and gracefully, at the hospice with most of her close family at her +side. + +Cathy was born on June 19th, 1952. She attended Exeter University, +where she completed a BSc in Geography. She fell in love with Exeter +and spent the rest of her life that area. She spent some time after +University working on Exmoor, and later had her own business as a +furniture restorer. But in 1984, after a period in hospital where she +began to do some computing, she took a post as Computing Development +Officer back at Exeter University. One of her first responsibilities +was support of \TeX. As a result, she attended the IUSC conference on +Typography and Design Methods for Computer Typesetting held at Oxford +University at Easter 1985. Following that meeting, she attended a +\TeX\ course held at Imperial College. Her involvement and concern +with \TeX, and more generally with Electronic Publishing, grew +consistently from that time. + +She attended many of the \TeX\ conferences in Europe (Strasbourg +1986, Karlsruhe 1989 and Cork 1990), as well as TUG meetings in +North America (Montreal 1988 and Stanford 1989), and some of the +GUTenberg meetings in Paris. But it will be the \TeX88 conference +held at Exeter University for which she will be best remembered by +many in the \TeX\ world. Cathy was the local organiser for this +meeting and its huge success was due in no small way to, on the one +hand, her vivacity and personal magnetism and, equally important, a +lot of detailed planning and hard work that she undertook during the +run up to the conference. She thus ensured the smooth running of the +conference and various associated events: in particular, the memorable +excursion to Totnes which included travel by both steam train and +river cruiser. + +Cathy was an excellent teacher of \TeX. She taught a number of TUG +courses on Beginning and Intermediate \TeX, and other \TeX\ courses at +Exeter University and she was very energetic in organising other TUG +courses in Europe. At the University she also developed courses which +united her skill with \TeX\ and her design abilities. This facility +with design was just one side of more general artistic skills; these +later led to her completion of an Art History course. The course +results were published only a few days before she died and, +characteristically, hers were excellent. + +She was a founding member of the UK \TeX\ Users Group and of its +committee; she was also a member of the committee of the BCS +Electronic Publishing Specialist Group. Those of us lucky enough to be +on either of those committees at that time will recall her very real +contribution to the work of these groups: her range of innovative +ideas, coupled with her down to earth attention to detail, resulted in +significant improvements to the activities of both these +organisations. +\end{Article} + +\endinput
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