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The faculty, staff and students of the School of Information
Sciences are mourning the loss of Dr. Ida Flynn-teacher,
friend and colleague-who
died on Monday, April 12, 2004. Ida joined the University of
Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences in 1980, and taught in the
Department of Information Science and Telecommunications. Dr. Flynn
received Pitt's excellence in teaching award, "An Apple for the
Teacher," in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987. She retired as Director of the
Bachelor of Science Program in 2000, but continued to teach in the undergraduate
program and to publish.
Dr. Flynn received degrees from Adelphi University (BA,
Math), Illinois Institute of Technology (MST), and University
of Pittsburgh (MBA and PhD). Prior to accepting the position
at Pitt, Dr. Flynn was Associate Professor, Business Administration
and Computer Science at Point Park
College.
A mass in celebration of her life will be held at Saint
Rosalia's Church, 411 Greenfield Avenue in Greenfield,
Wednesday April 14th at
10:00 am.
Contributions can be made directly to the Cancer Center
at the University of Connecticut Health Center, or to the
Ida M. Flynn Memorial Fund to be used in honor of her career.
Memorial fund contributions can be sent to Roger Flynn,
c/o the University of Pittsburgh, 135 North Bellefield
Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. |
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