[I am forwarding the notice below from Peter Fries, who has
trouble posting to the list. Gleason was a prominent descriptive linguist whom some ATEG members may have known, and whose
works a number of ATEG members have doubtless read; he had that rare and
admirable ability of writing about technical issues clearly and without
pretension]
Henry
Alan Gleason died in his sleep Friday evening, January 12, 2007 at age 89. He
was a major figure in American linguistics in the last half of the past
century. A memorial service will be held in
Contact:
Mr.
& Mrs. Henry Gleason