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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Please brace yourself for terrible news. I wish I could tell you all in person instead of this impersonal way.</span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "> </span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Please see the chair’s email below.</span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "> </span></font></p><div><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="4" color="navy" face="Monotype Corsiva" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; color: navy; ">Tina Feldmann</span></font><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="color: navy; "></span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></p></div><div><div class="EC_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></font></div></div><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy; "> </span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">I write with tragic news. Our beloved colleague Emory Elliott passed away last night. I know how important Emory was to many of you as a teacher and mentor, and the faculty share the almost unimaginable sense of loss that this news brings. Emory Elliott was one of the finest men I have ever known.</span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Katherine Kinney</span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Chair and Associate Professor of English</span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">University</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> of California, Riverside</span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Riverside</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">, CA 92521</span></font></p><p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">(951) 827-1458</span></font></p></span></body>
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