Professor. Information scientist. Mother. Puzzle solver. Born May 14, 1926, in Toronto; died Nov. 8, 2023, in Toronto, of natural causes; aged 97
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Her parents instilled in Ann the courage to go far. She completed a bachelor of science at U of T and a master’s degree at Smith College, both in physics. Just as she was completing her second degree, she reluctantly agreed to accompany a girlfriend to a Saturday evening dance. It was there Ann met Ezra Schabas, the leader of the dance band and a young professor of music at the University of Massachusetts. He was immediately smitten and called Ann up a few days later.
For 25 years, Ann worked as a professor at U of T, teaching computer programming and information science to countless librarians and academics. In the last five years, she served as dean of the faculty of library and information science, as well as a consultant for the Canadian government on Telidon, an interactive videotex system that prefigured our current computer searches.
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