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>Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 14:27:38 -0600
>From: "David Pankratz" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Karen Landahl

Dear Board,

I received the sad news today that Karen Landahl has passed. 

Karen was an esteemed IALLT colleague and friend, and she will be dearly missed. She had been an IALLT member for many years. She served as Associate Editor of the Journal from 1993-1998 (Volumes 26-31), working with Editors-in-Chief Marie Sheppard and Pete Smith. Karen attended numerous IALL conferences, and presented sessions at many of them, usually devoted to her specialty, phonetics.

In her institutional capacity, Karen was Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. She also served as Associate Dean for Computing and Language Technologies, Humanities Division, and was the  Academic Director of the Language Laboratories and Archives, University of Chicago.

Karen Landahl's primary areas of research were phonetics and first and second language acquisition. Projects included exploration of the usefulness of visual feedback based on acoustic parameters for phonetic/phonological acquisition of a second language.

On a personal note, I know that Karen was especially fond of IALLT, not only because of its mission, but also because of the down-to-earth focus of the organization, its emphasis on problem solving, and the genuine interest and compassion its members typically show for one another. I also know that Karen was an opera buff, and I pray that the angels are singing for her now.

If you would like to share anything about Karen, please write to Barbara Need, University of Chicago, at 
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Barbara is in touch with her family, and would be happy to pass along your words.

Sincerely,
David Pankratz
IALLT President