<div dir="ltr"><div><div> Please also extend our condolences from OASIS to Mike's family and colleagues.<br></div> He has been an essential contributor and inspiring force in a really important, but really difficult to organize, field of expertise which continues to re-shape the world for the better. <br></div> Warm regards Jamie<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">James Bryce Clark, General Counsel<br>OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society <br><a href="https://www.oasis-open.org/staff" target="_blank">https://www.oasis-open.org/staff</a><br> <br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/JamieXML" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/JamieXML</a><br><a href="http://t.sina.cn/jamiexml" target="_blank">http://t.sina.cn/jamiexml</a><br><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jamiexml" target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/jamiexml</a><br><a href="http://facebook.com/oasis.open" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/oasis.open</a></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Peter Yim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peter.yim@cim3.com" target="_blank">peter.yim@cim3.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Nancy,<br>
<br>
<br>
Very sorry to hear this. I want to extend my most sincere condolences<br>
to you, Jason and Noah.<br>
<br>
Mike has been an inspiration to me, and a role model to a lot of us in<br>
the ontology and semantic technology community.<br>
<br>
May he rest in peace!<br>
<br>
<br>
Very sincerely. =ppy<br>
<br>
Peter P. Yim<br>
--<br>
<br>
<br>
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Nancy Dean <<a href="mailto:nancy.dean@gmail.com">nancy.dean@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Mike asked me to use this email list to spread this announcement. I know<br>
> there were some people missing from his original message, but I can not find<br>
> an updated list. Please feel free to forward this message if you know of<br>
> someone omitted.<br>
><br>
> I am saddened to report that Mike passed away peacefully this morning,<br>
> ending his 10-year cancer battle. His sons, Jason and Noah, and I thank you<br>
> for your friendship and kindness towards Mike. He enjoyed his work<br>
> immensely, for the technical content, yes, but mostly for the wonderful<br>
> people he was privileged to be around.<br>
><br>
> The below link details services to be held in Ann Arbor on Friday.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.niefuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Michael-Dean-2/" target="_blank">http://www.niefuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Michael-Dean-2/</a><br>
><br>
> We are currently finalizing arrangements for visitation and then services<br>
> and burial in Elkton, Virginia (and expect that to be Monday and Tuesday,<br>
> respectively). He will be at the Elkton Kyger funeral home and further<br>
> details should be available shortly on their website<br>
> (<a href="http://www.kygers.com/" target="_blank">http://www.kygers.com/</a>).<br>
><br>
> Nancy<br>
<br>
<br>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Mike Dean <<a href="mailto:mdean@bbn.com">mdean@bbn.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Almost ten years after being diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer,<br>
>> today I started in-home hospice care. This doesn't mean that death is<br>
>> imminent. I've had a great life, and thank you for being part of it. I<br>
>> plan to continue to at least read email as long as I am able. Please feel<br>
>> free to forward this message to other friends I may have inadvertently<br>
>> missed.<br>
>><br>
>> Mike<br>
<br>
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