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She was always ready
to exchange openly her thoughts about the human condition
and about her own situation. I am an Australian, former
Professor of Education at Monash University. I first met Ann
in 1972 when I was a visiting Fellow at the East-West Center
and since then we have corresponded fairly regularly and met
from time to time, the last time four years ago. Twenty years ago she visited
us in Melbourne. She was always ready to exchange openly her
thoughts about the human condition and about her own
situation. I enjoyed her quick, incisive and ruthless
intellect. She held strong opinions about how the world
should work and she was impatient with views that she
thought were pretentious or unjust. I was impressed by the
way in which she intrepidly acted on her beliefs in the
areas of life where she felt she could have some influence.
And she did make a difference. Ann was concerned for the
welfare of her friends and she loved her family. Her
life-long grief for her brother emerged to the surface from
time to time. I hope that these words of
mine strike a chord with her family and help them in ther
grief. Sincerely, Ron Taft ron.taft@education.monash.edu.au. 5 Charles
Victoria,
Australia
St., Kew, Victoria, Australia, 3101.