Sep-11-10
 | | GrahamClayton: Herbert Mois Avram:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herber...
His wife, Henriette D Abram, was a noted librarian:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrie... |
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Mar-10-12
 | | Phony Benoni: To be exact, <Henriette D Avram> was not a librarian, but a computer programmer. She worked closely with the Library of Congress to devise a standard for encoding the information found in a library catalog into a computer-usable form. Her basic ideas continue to be a worldwide standard after more than forty years, though many of the details continue to evolve. |
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| Jun-24-13 | | jerseybob: I played Avram as black in a Leningrad in Round 3 of the 1970 Capital City Open in D.C. After various ups and downs we reached an ending with black up two pawns, but the wily vet slipped out with a draw. |
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| Jan-24-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Herbert Avram!!
Nice win over Baby Fischer!! |
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| Oct-08-21 | | Z truth 000000001: Washington Post has a nice obit on him, available here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituarie... The most relevant chess part:
<Mr. Avram's long-time relationship with both the chess and backgammon communities began at the age of 6, when he learned the game of chess from his uncle Julius. Soon, he was a regular at the now renowned Manhattan Chess Club and went on to play at both national and international tournaments, with many tournament championships. In 1974, he was awarded a Life Master ranking from the U.S. Chess Federation. His more memorable victories included the defeat of the then 14-year-old, Bobby Fischer, at the West Orange, New Jersey, Open in 1957.> * * * * *
<Phony> was Henriette involved in the MARC standard then? . |
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| Oct-08-21 | | Z truth 000000001: wiki has this tantalizing tidbit:
<During and after World War II, he worked at the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency.<<*>The sensitive nature of his intelligence work meant that he could never be alone with Soviet chess players in chess tournaments or at chess clubs.<*>> However, this rarely, if ever, posed a problem.> (Emphasis added)
This isn't in his obit, which leaves me wondering what the source was. |
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| Oct-08-21 | | NatashaFatale: Considering that neither the CIA nor the NSA existed during WWII, I'd guess that the source of this lie is most likely either the CIA or the NSA. |
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| Oct-09-21 | | Z truth 000000001: <NatashaFatale> hmm, even though it says "during and after WWII", the during part is rather suspect. His obit provides more about his WWII duties, and does go on to mention his employment at both the NSA and then the CIA. He apparently never did work for the OSS during WWII, although (apropos nothing in particular) Julia Child did. |
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Oct-09-21
| | Phony Benoni: <Z truth 000000001> Henriette Avram was the High Priestess of MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging). Or perhaps I should say "Gutenberg". Her influence was that great. |
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| Oct-09-21 | | Z truth 000000001: Thanks <Phony>, finally looked her up on wiki, and found this quote by her: <I'd like to be remembered as a good manager, as having done something that was significant in this world, of service to others.> Seemed to have been an admirable lady... did you ever met her personally? . |
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Oct-09-21
| | Phony Benoni: <did you ever met her personally?> Nah. I'm a shy kind of guy, not given to schmoozing with celebrities at either chess tournaments or library conventions. Nor did I ever hear of her taking an interest in chess. |
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