Thanks, Roy

Roy Rosenzweig is a name I have heard fairly often in the course of my graduate studies. I have read a number of articles by him or about him for class, and as a student in a Digital History class, it is only fitting that we read his textbook. When Roy passed away last year, it was certainly a topic of discussion among my fellow grad students. Roy was a pioneer for digital technologies and to lose him at such a young age was deeply saddening. As the founder of the Center for History and New Media, it is only fitting that those working there and those who looked up to him created ThanksRoy, an online site dedicated to the memory of Roy Rosenzweig. I have never met Roy but I feel like I got to know him by browsing through the website. There were photos, stories, information on memorial events. I particularly enjoyed the stories. There were stories from academics, colleagues, and his students. They shared funny stories and even funnier pictures. I learned about him as a friend, a teacher and a mentor. Like I said, I never met Roy, but I sure wish I had.

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