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Michael John Downes (1958-2003), Principal Author of the AMS-LaTeX packages

Michael John Downes, the principal author of the AMS-LaTeX packages passed
away on March 8, 2003. He had been diagnosed with an agressive form of
brain cancer in December 2002.

Michael was born August 2, 1958; grew up in Lansing, Michigan; and
attended Michigan State University, graduating from the university's honor
program with a degree in Russian and a minor in mathematics. After
graduation, Michael moved to Rhode Island, where he worked for seventeen
years as an editor and a publications technical specialist. He was a
member of the LaTeX team, helping to plan its future direction; this
involvement led to the acceptance of AMS-LaTeX as a required component of
LaTeX.