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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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Michael Hawley, former professor of media arts and sciences, dies at 58

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

He was a brilliant polymath, gifted musician, and former Media Lab professor who headed the Personal Information Architecture research group

His achievements ranged from developing ideas behind the so-called Internet of Things to publishing the world’s biggest book.

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