FW: An invitation

["Susanne E Hambrusch" <seh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Spafford [mailto:spaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:34 AM
To: Neumann, Peter
Cc: Susanne E Hambrusch; park@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: An invitation

Peter,

Once again, congratulations on the NIST/NSA award.    Let me ask if 
you have an on-line version of the talk you gave.   I'll add it to 
the WWW page I have started for the award.

Now on to the main reason for my email.   Each year, the faculty 
picks two or three computer scientists who they believe are thought 
leaders in the field, and whose distinguished careers should be noted 
by students and colleagues.   We then invite those people to be part 
of our annual Distinguished Speaker program.

As I'm sure you've already guessed -- for why else would I be telling 
you this -- you have been selected by our faculty to be one of our 
Distinguished Speakers for the year.

Thus, the honor has fallen to me to invite you to come to Purdue to 
deliver a distinguished speech, accept the accolades of the cheering 
throngs (well, truthfully, somewhat less than a throng, but we can 
promise at least a mob),  and enjoy some Purdue hospitality for at 
least a day.    You will even be welcome to a-salt the crowd by 
pepper-ing your talk with your distinctive puns from a season-ed 
professional.

The department will cover the cost of your travel, lodging, and 
provide an honorarium.    You can pick the date(s) you'd like to 
visit, so long as it is between August 26 and December 8.   We'd 
prefer a Monday, with second choice a Wednesday, but would be willing 
to schedule any other weekday if that is more convenient for you. 
We're on break Oct 8-9 and Nov 21-24, so those dates won't work.

Please accept this invitation (thus ending my streak of 14 years of 
failed attempts to get you to visit :-), and let us know when you 
would like to be here.

Sincere regards,
--spaf