What do you believe is the purpose of grades?
External sources (Grad Schools, Jobs, etc)
43%
Motivate students
14%
Evaluate students
43%
Total votes: 14
Obits / Memorials
Obits for Martin Gardner
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 8:02pm — pbradleyMore to come, no doubt:
Martin Gardner, Puzzler and Polymath, Dies at 95 - Biography - NYTimes.com
Profile: Martin Gardner, the Mathematical Gamester (1914-2010) - Scientific American
Martin Gardner passes away | TopNews United States
Update 5/26:
Scholars and Others Pay Tribute to "Mathematical Games" Columnist Martin Gardner - Scientific American
Martin Gardner, prolific math and science writer, dies at 95 - Washington Post
Martin Gardner dies at 95; prolific mathematics columnist for Scientific American - LA Times
UPDATE 6/21: read more »
Obits for Antony Flew
Mon, 04/19/2010 - 1:32am — pbradleyObits for H. Hong
Fri, 03/26/2010 - 3:44pm — pbradleyFrom Minnesota Public Radio. I'll add more as they appear.
Howard Hong, renowned Kierkegaard scholar, dies at 97 | Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ
"He was available to students, but he also would get up at 3 o'clock in the morning to walk the one mile up the hill to do translations until the school day started," Schwandt said. "So he was very much a campus figure, but strictly on his terms."
Obits for McInerny (Notre Dame)
Tue, 02/09/2010 - 3:04am — pbradleyMcInerny taught at Notre Dame for an astonishing 54 years:
Beloved ND philosophy professor passes away
Ralph McInerny | Father Dowling author, 80 | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/08/2010
Tulsa World: 'Father Dowling' novelist Ralph McInerny dies
Father Dowling novelist, scholar Ralph McInerny, 80, dies - Nation - TheState.com
Obit for Smith (Yale)
Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:43am — pbradleyFrom the Yale Daily News:
Yale Daily News - Smith, ever the philosopher
Obit for Dudman (Macquarie)
Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:39am — pbradleyInteresting piece on a lifetime of logic:
Logician with a flair for grammar
Obits for Mary Daly
Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:29am — pbradleyI'm a bit behind on this, but here's the current tally:
Feminist Wire Daily Newsbriefs: U.S. and Global News Coverage Ms. Magazine - 1/5/10
Feminist BC theology professor Daly dies at 81 | Latest National Headlines | Star-Telegram.com - 1/6/10
Radical theologian Mary Daly, 81, dies - Nation - TheState.com - 1/9/10 (reprint of LA Times article dated 1/10/10)
Mary Daly dies at 81; radical feminist academician - latimes.com - 1/10/10
Mary Daly dies: feminist theologian, professor - SF Gate.com 1/10/10
Radical feminist and theologian rankled Boston College - washingtonpost.com - 1/10/10
Windy City Times - Mary Daly dies at 81 - 1/13/10 read more »
Memorials for S. Toulmin 3/25/1922-12/8/2009
Wed, 12/09/2009 - 4:46am — pbradleyUSC is announcing that Stephen Toulmin died earlier today at 87. I'll post more memorials as they come in.
In Memoriam: Stephen E. Toulmin, 87 - USC News
Tribute to Doug Wright, Westminster College
Mon, 12/07/2009 - 2:29am — pbradleyThe Salt Lake Tribune has a touching tribute to Westminster College's Philosophy Prof. Doug Wright, who died of cancer last Sunday at 57.
Westminster loses revered professor - Salt Lake Tribune
Obit for Kingsley Blake Price (Hopkins)
Thu, 11/05/2009 - 5:05pm — pbradleyLong-time professor at Hopkins, retired in '86.
From the Baltimore Sun. I'll add more when they appear:
Kingsley Blake Price, philosophy professor -- baltimoresun.com
