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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Lecturers and Graduate Students,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It is with both shock and great sadness that I tell you that
Professor </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Gregory Bredbeck</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> passed away last night. Professor
Bredbeck had gone on medical leave early in the quarter. We were very concerned
about his health, but no one imagined it could take such a turn so quickly. I
called this morning and was told he had passed. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I knew Greg for over 20 years. We were in graduate school
together and began our careers here at the same time. His success came
early and dramatically. He was a brilliant man with a sharp wit.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I know that this loss is difficult for all of us to
comprehend.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> Katherine</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Katherine Kinney</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Chair and Associate Professor of English</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>University</span></font> of California, Riverside</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Riverside</span></font>, CA 92521</p>
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