Re: Sharing George Thomas' legacy with colleagues & scholars

On 9/23/14 11:17 AM, Bernadette Hyland wrote:
> Hi,
> Some of you worked with George Thomas, my fellow W3C Government Linked 
> Data Working Group co-chair (2011-2012) and my friend, so I wanted to 
> share a good news story & give a progress update.
>
> In June, a public announcement at the US National Health Datapalooza 
> (Washington DC) was made to honor George's work in the field of health 
> data science, specifically in relation to publishing Linked Data on 
> human health.  A generous post graduate fellowship in health data 
> science & engineering was made to honor the life & legacy of 
> George.[1] George pioneered the site healthdata.gov 
> <http://healthdata.gov> (not to be confused with the site 
> healthcare.gov <http://healthcare.gov>).  For years, George tirelessly 
> spearheaded efforts to make healthcare & life sciences more 
> discoverable on the Web & more usable for us all.[2]
>
> George literally taught several US Government executives the words 
> "open and machine readable" until it became embodied in a Presidential 
> mandate.[3] This week, the inaugural recipient 
> <http://www.healthdataconsortium.org/article_content.asp?article=27> of the 
> George Thomas Post-Graduate Fellowship: Kevin Emmett, a doctoral 
> student in the Department of Physics at Columbia University was 
> awarded this fellowship.[4] In this open letter below, George’s wife, 
> Suzanne Thomas (copied), congratulates Kevin (copied) and reflects on 
> influence of George’s work on the next generation of data scientists 
> and engineers.[5]
>
> Thanks to all of you who helped make this happen & who publish & 
> consume open & machine readable information on human health.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bernadette Hyland
> CEO, 3 Round Stones, Inc.
>
> http://3roundstones.com
> http://about.me/bernadettehyland
>
>
> [1] 
> http://healthdatapalooza.org/health-data-consortium-announces-memorial-health-data-sciences-fellowship/
>
> [2] http://healthdata.gov/
>
> [3] 
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2013/m-13-13.pdf
>
> [4] https://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/people/kevin-emmett
>
> [5] http://www.healthdataconsortium.org/blog_home.asp?Display=100
>

Great news!

George is dearly missed.

-- 
Regards,

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