Prayers with the family and colleagues of Bill Richards

I just heard that Bill Richards, president of INSNA and long time contributor to social network analysis has just died. Apparently, he died of injuries sustained in a fall at his home. This is a great loss to the social networking community. I remember Bill as a vibrant person, full of energy, when I first met him at the Sunbelt conference in Vancouver last year. He also organized the hospitality suite at the conference at night where I remember talking with him. In the short time that I knew him, he came out as a sincere person and dedicated to his work and his graduate students.

Prayers and thoughts are with the Richards family, SFU, his grad students, colleagues and friends around the world. You will be surely missed Bill, but your charisma, energy and warmth will still remain with us.

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