<div dir="ltr">To help keep this kind and brilliant gentleman in our memories, I have just updated MikeDean's namesake page on the OntologWiki - see: <a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean">http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean</a><div><br></div><div>... where it now reads,</div><div><br></div><div>//</div><div><h2 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif">Mike Dean <a class="" title="162M" href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid162M" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(200,168,255)">(162M)</a></h2><h2 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif"><pre style="font-size:12.222222328186px;font-weight:normal"><a name="nid4EWM" id="nid4EWM"></a>Michael Dean
August 7, 1961 - November 19, 2014 <a class="" title="4EWM" href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWM" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:bold;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(200,168,255)">(4EWM)</a></pre><pre style="font-size:12.222222328186px;font-weight:normal"><a name="nid162N" id="nid162N"></a>Previously,
Principal Scientist
<b>Raytheon BBN Technologies</b>
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. <a class="" title="162N" href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid162N" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:bold;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(200,168,255)">(162N)</a></pre><p style="font-size:medium;font-weight:normal"><a name="nid4EWN" id="nid4EWN"></a>Among other roles, Mike was <a class="" title="4EWN" href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWN" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:bold;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(200,168,255)">(4EWN)</a></p><ul style="font-size:medium;font-weight:normal"><li><a name="nid4EWO" id="nid4EWO"></a>a Member of the <a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ONTOLOG" class="" style="text-decoration:none">ONTOLOG</a>_<a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BoT" class="" style="text-decoration:none">BoT</a> (<a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ONTOLOG_BoardOfTrustees" class="" style="text-decoration:none">ONTOLOG_BoardOfTrustees</a>) <a class="" title="4EWO" href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWO" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:bold;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(200,168,255)">(4EWO)</a></li><li><a name="nid4EWP" id="nid4EWP"></a>Chair of the <a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DARPA" class="" style="text-decoration:none">DARPA</a> <a href="http://www.daml.org/" class="" style="text-decoration:none;border-width:thin;border-style:none none dotted">DAML Program</a>* <a href="http://www.daml.org/committee/" class="" style="text-decoration:none;border-width:thin;border-style:none none dotted">Joint Committee</a> (Joint US/EU ad hoc Agent Markup Language Committee) (*2000~2006) <a class="" title="4EWP" href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWP" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:bold;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(200,168,255)">(4EWP)</a></li><li><a name="nid4EWQ" id="nid4EWQ"></a>Co-convener of the Open Ontology Repository (<a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository" class="" style="text-decoration:none;border-width:thin;border-style:none none dotted">OOR</a>) initiative (est. 2008) <a class="" title="4EWQ" href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWQ" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:bold;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(200,168,255)">(4EWQ)</a></li><li><a name="nid4EWR" id="nid4EWR"></a>Symposium Co-Chair for <a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2013" class="" style="text-decoration:none">OntologySummit2013</a>: Ontology Evaluation Across the Ontology Lifecycle <a class="" title="4EWR" href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWR" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:bold;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(200,168,255)">(4EWR)</a></li><li><a name="nid4EWS" id="nid4EWS"></a>... he has made key contributions, and took on leadership roles, in various activities of the <a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Ontolog" class="" style="text-decoration:none">Ontolog</a> community, <a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SOCoP" class="" style="text-decoration:none">SOCoP</a>, and the<a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit" class="" style="text-decoration:none">OntologySummit</a> program <a class="" title="4EWS" href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWS" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:bold;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(200,168,255)">(4EWS)</a></li></ul><p style="font-size:medium;font-weight:normal"><a name="nid162O" id="nid162O"></a>see: <a href="http://purl.org/net/mdean/" class="" style="text-decoration:none;border-width:thin;border-style:none none dotted">http://purl.org/net/mdean/</a> <a class="" title="162O" href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid162O" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:bold;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(200,168,255)">(162O)</a></p></h2><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><a name="nid4EWN" id="nid4EWN"></a></p><div>//<br></div><div><br></div><div>His work and spirit will continue to be with us all.<br><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely. =ppy</div><div>--</div><div> </div><div><br></div>On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Peter Yim <<a href="mailto:peter.yim@cim3.com">peter.yim@cim3.com</a>> wrote:<br>> 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/">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/">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</div></div>