Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 00:15:06 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Rosalyn Yalow, July 19, 1921 - May 30, 2011
From: "Elspeth Kovar" <ekovar at panix.com>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,
 "WSFA Forum" <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> "Elspeth Kovar" <ekovar at panix.com> wrote:
>> This has been posted several places but I gather that it hasn't
>> reached others.
>
> It was in today's Washington Post.  And it was posted to the
> rec.arts.sf.fandom newsgroup yesterday morning by Kip Williams.

Yes, the WPost article only came online today so I hadn't included it in my first post.  And would
you thank Kip for me?

> For those unclear on the connection to fandom, she was Ben Yalow's
> mother.
>
> Ben is one of two sons of Nobel prize winners who is active in the
> rec.arts.sf.fandom newsgroup.

I'm amused that without thinking I read that the other way around: she is (now was) one of the two
Nobel Laureates who have a son active in fandom.

>From all I've heard from folks Dr. Yalow loved being at N3.  She'd always been Dr. Yalow and all
that entailed.  Here things were the other way around and, "you're Ben's mother?  It's great to meet
you!"  She was pleased and proud.

> Also posted in that newsgroup this week is the death of Joel
> Rosenberg.  Not a good week for fandom.

Oh, hell.  Dr. Yalow's death was a loss to the world but it doesn't make Joel's death any the less a
loss.

May their memories always be a blessing.

Elspeth