roundtable: A Tribute to Susan Hadden

roundtable: A Tribute to Susan Hadden

A Tribute to Susan Hadden

Ruth Holder (holder@apt.org)
Wed, 18 Jan 1995 11:43:47 -0500 (EST) 

Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 11:43:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Ruth Holder <holder@apt.org>
Subject: A Tribute to Susan Hadden
To: roundtable@cni.org
Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9501181142.A12298-0100000@idi.net>


Dear Friends,

Below is a statement in tribute to Susan Hadden.  I know many of you 
will miss her as much as we will.  If those of you who would like to 
know about memorial arrangements will contact me privately, I'll let 
you know after the family has made their decisions.  Take care, Ruth

Ruth Holder
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January 17, 1995 - For Immediate Release
For Further Information Call 202/408-1403


Alliance for Public Technology's Policy Chair, Susan G. Hadden, Ph.D., 
Slain in Cambodia

Susan Hadden, Ph.D., the American tourist killed in Cambodia this 
past weekend, was the chair of the Alliance for Public Technology's 
(APT) Policy Committee.  APT leaders called Dr. Hadden, who was 
Professor of Public Affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the 
University of Texas in Austin, "unique in her mastery of the complex 
tangle of regulatory and technical issues that accompany the current 
debate over telecommunications."  Dr. Hadden led the team that 
authored APT's vision statement and was in the midst of revising that 
statement to reflect new developments in the national discussion, 
when she was killed.  

Barbara O'Connor, Chair of APT's Board of Directors, and Mary 
Gardiner Jones, President of the Alliance, joined in issuing a statement 
praising Dr. Hadden's skill in demonstrating "that ordinary people 
could understand the issues related to changing technology and that 
every citizen needed access to this technology if our democracy is to 
remain vibrant and fair."  The APT statement continued:  

"Her colleagues on the Board of Directors have lost a committed and 
devoted friend whose incisive intellect and intensity motivated us to 
remain true to our ideals.  Her brilliant mind is irreplaceable, we can 
only pledge to work with the same verve to fulfill her ideals.  We send 
our deepest sympathy and love to her husband Jim, her son James, her 
daughter Lucy and her parents, Dr. Nathan and Ruth Ginsburg."  

In her role as APT policy chair, Dr. Hadden's advice had been sought 
by the Administration and Federal Communications Chairman Reed 
Hundt.  She devoted much of her work to championing the right of 
underserved communities to have access to the new communications 
technology, testifying before Congressional Committees, regulatory 
sessions, and State Legislative bodies to show how vital it is that 
every citizen be connected to the social and political resources being 
developed in the new telecommunications environment."  

Dr. Hadden held a B.A. degree from Harvard and a Ph.D. in political 
science from the University of Chicago.  She was named a fellow of the 
American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1992.  
Among her many publications are two books and more than 60 articles 
on telecommunications, citizen participation, risk communication, 
and policies intended to reduce risks to human health and the 
environment.  Dr. Hadden was devoted to the City of Austin which 
she served in many capacities as an active volunteer.  

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