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Opinion: Remembering Michael Hawley, remarkable polymath and exceptional friend

June 27, 2020

By Scott Simon

Michael Hawley told me he had cancer a few months ago but didn't have a bucket list of things to do. "Just friends I want to see," he said.

I was blessed — a word Michael used generously, even as a scientist — to be among them.

Michael Hawley died this week at the age of 58, after a life packed with feats and friendships.

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A modern-day Renaissance man, Hawley pioneered the internet of things and won the Van Cliburn amateur piano competition.

A virtual festschrift to honor the ideas of Mike Hawley, a true Renaissance man.

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