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Re: Rob Blokzijl Dies Peacefully Aged 72
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Liz Fazekas)
Wed Dec 2 18:03:25 2015
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 08:02:31 -0500
From: Liz Fazekas <liz.fazekas@gmail.com>
To: Job Snijders <job@instituut.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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R.I.P.
Danke fur all the contributions!
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Job Snijders <job@instituut.net> wrote:
> NANOG,
>
> Rob Blokzijl, one of the founding fathers of the RIPE (and by extent,
> internet as we know it in Europe), passed away yesterday. The links in
> the email below offer more insight into his life and accomplishments.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Job
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Daniel Karrenberg <daniel.karrenberg@ripe.net>
> -----
>
> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 11:02:11 +0100
> From: Daniel Karrenberg <daniel.karrenberg@ripe.net>
> To: RIPE Community <ripe-list@ripe.net>
> Subject: Rob Blokzijl Dies Peacefully Aged 72
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I have the painful duty to inform you that Rob Blokzijl, RIPE Chair
> Emeritus died at his home in the Netherlands yesterday after a long
> illness.
>
> https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/rob-blokzijl-obituary
>
> This is a sad moment for all of us because we loose a leader whose
> influence permeates the RIPE community and the way we conduct our work.
> Rob will live on in this way.
>
> Those who wish to share their own tribute to Rob can do so here for all
> to see:
>
> https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/tribute-to-dr-robert-blokzij-1943-2015
>
> I am sure Rob would wish to see positive, even somewhat lighthearted
> and anecdotal contributions.
>
> Daniel Karrenberg
> Chief Scientist
> RIPE NCC
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
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