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Calvert Ward Watkinsz

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Calvert Watkins, a towering figure in historical and Indo-European linguistics and president of the LSA in 1988, died unexpectedly in Los Angeles on March 20, 2013, a week after his eightieth birthday. At the time of his death he was Distinguished Professor in Residence of the Department of Classics and the Program in Indo-European Studies at UCLA. He had moved to UCLA after a long career at Harvard, where he retired as Victor S. Thomas Professor of Linguistics and the Classics in 2003.

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Language , Volume 91 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 245 - 252
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Copyright © 2015 Linguistic Society of America

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The authors extend their thanks to Stephanie Jamison and the many friends and students of Cal's who have shared their recollections in person or in print; among them, though, Craig Melchert, Alan Nussbaum, and Michael Silverstein deserve special mention here.

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