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Woozle gave her the name "Tigger" – in commemoration of her eternally energetic and bouncy nature – while they were both at Brown, which she attended as an undergraduate from {{lc|1985}}-{{lc|1989}} and where she became a member of the Delta Psi chapter at [[King House]]. | Woozle gave her the name "Tigger" – in commemoration of her eternally energetic and bouncy nature – while they were both at Brown, which she attended as an undergraduate from {{lc|1985}}-{{lc|1989}} and where she became a member of the Delta Psi chapter at [[King House]]. | ||
She had almost completed graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley at the time of her death; she was granted her degree posthumously. The [ | She had almost completed graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley at the time of her death; she was granted her degree posthumously. The Ann Veronica Simon Outstanding Dissertation Award ([https://www.lsu.edu/hss/wgs/about_us/wgsawards.php see]) was established at the LSU Women's & Gender Studies department in her honor not long after. (See [[2006 Ann Simon fundraising letter]] for details) | ||
Some original Tigger phrases: | Some original Tigger phrases: | ||
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==Details== | ==Details== | ||
*'''Born:''' {{date|1968-02-15|February 15, 1968}} (Valentine's [[Wikipedia:Boxing Day|Boxing Day]]) | *'''Born:''' {{date|1968-02-15|February 15, 1968}} (Valentine's [[Wikipedia:Boxing Day|Boxing Day]]) | ||
*'''Died:''' {{date|2003-02-24|February 24, 2003}}, {{yp|Berkeley, CA}}; brain/spinal [[htyp:cancer|cancer]] | *'''Died:''' {{date|2003-02-24|February 24, 2003}}, {{yp|Berkeley, CA}}; brain/spinal [[htyp:cancer|cancer]] ({{l/wp|glioblastoma}}) | ||
==Related Articles== | ==Related Articles== | ||
* The [[:Category:Tigger|Tigger category]] has photos | * The [[:Category:Tigger|Tigger category]] has photos | ||
Revision as of 01:05, 2 November 2019
Tigger, better known to many by the pseudonym Ann Veronica Simon stated on her birth-certificate, was Woozle's close friend and confidant from 1981 until her death, and much-beloved godmother to Anna Nikola. As one of Jenny's close friends in the CFS middle school circa 1979, she was a founding member of the "Goresum Foursum" (along with Cindy S. and Erika J.)
Woozle gave her the name "Tigger" – in commemoration of her eternally energetic and bouncy nature – while they were both at Brown, which she attended as an undergraduate from 1985-1989 and where she became a member of the Delta Psi chapter at King House.
She had almost completed graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley at the time of her death; she was granted her degree posthumously. The Ann Veronica Simon Outstanding Dissertation Award (see) was established at the LSU Women's & Gender Studies department in her honor not long after. (See 2006 Ann Simon fundraising letter for details)
Some original Tigger phrases:
- Whatever wiggles your guinea-pig.
- Please kiss your own spaghetti.
Details
- Born: February 15, 1968 (Valentine's Boxing Day)
- Died: February 24, 2003, Berkeley, CA; brain/spinal cancer (glioblastoma)
Related Articles
- The Tigger category has photos
- 2007.02 Ann wrote the first two lines (perhaps more; not sure) and inspired the overall verbal feel of the song Your Brilliant Career, a rough draft of which is now available for free download (MP3).
Links
- Brian's page about Ann's cancer (was): good photos of Tigger in life, and the story of a heartbreaking struggle
The Tigger Appreciation Society: from the Hypertwins, updated on Tigger's last living birthday.this page needs to be resurrected; I still have the files.- Ann's Writings:
- An obituary in alt.obituaries
Hedgehogs! dee dee dee!
~ The Ann Veronica Simon Memorial Collection of Hedgehog Miscellany ~
Cancer Stuff
Projects to fight cancer via distributed computing
- Folding@home: based at Stanford
- WorldCommunityGrid: several projects, including cancer
Medical Progress
- 2008-02-21 Yale Lab Engineers Virus That Can Kill Deadly Brain Tumors: is this a cure, just a few years too late? "A laboratory-engineered virus that can find its way through the vascular system and kill deadly brain tumors has been developed by Yale School of Medicine researchers..."
- 2006-07-19 Possible Birthplace Of Malignant Brain Tumors Identified: "...suggests a possible treatment for ... malignant gliomas"
- 2006-01-19 Mobile phone use not linked to increased risk of glioma brain tumours: Tigger used a cell phone heavily in the last 5 or so years of her life, and I always wondered.
- 2006-01-10 Researchers ... uncover clue to explain invasive brain tumors: glioblastoma multiformae is the type of cancer Tigger had