Probably some inkshedders will have heard this sad news, but just in case: I’m passing on a letter Judy Segal wrote to the department at UBC, hoping that’s okay with Judy. I think it says something about Nan that
all of us who knew her will find moving. Nan was an original Inkshedder, and someone who remains for me as vivid, and important, as anyone I’ve ever known.
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Dear Colleagues,
Some of you will remember Nan Johnson, who was a member of our Department from 1981 to 1990. Nan was my doctoral supervisor, in fact. With Andrea Lunsford, Nan made me a rhetorician.
In 1990, Nan joined the English Department at The Ohio State University, and remained there until she retired last year.
Nan died on Saturday, from breast cancer that had become metastatic. Her family, including, especially, her wife, Abigail, and her daughter, Isabel, were with her.
Abby has sent me Nan’s obituary, and I include it here.
https://www.shaw-davis.com/notices/Nancy-Johnson
Judy
Russ Hunt
Professor Emeritus of English
St. Thomas University
people.stu.ca/~hunt
