[ghc-steering-committee] Chris Dornan

[Simon Peyton Jones]

Dear GHC steering committee

I am deeply saddened to have to tell you that our colleague Chris Dornan, a
fellow member of the GHC Steering Committee, has died.

This comes as a huge shock. I was meeting Chris on calls until very
recently. I have known Chris for at least two decades.   He is a good
friend, and a long-term, level-headed, thoughtful contributor to the
Haskell community.

All I know is in Andres Loh's email below.  We may learn more in due course
but meanwhile I thought I should let you know.

Simon


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From: Andres Löh <andres at haskell.foundation>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 at 19:36
Subject: [hf-leadership-internal] Chris Dornan
To: HF Leadership Internal

Hi everyone.

I've just received rather shocking and very sad news. Iris Connect is a
long-time client of Well-Typed, the company that Chris also worked for for
a long time. Matt Newell, the founder of Iris Connect, sent us an email
earlier today notifying us that Chris has passed away, suddenly.

I don't know much more than this as of now, but as Chris was a board member
of the Haskell Foundation until very recently, I thought I'd let all of you
know as soon as possible.

I feel like I should say something profound, but I'm lost for words right
now. Should I get more information, I'll let you know.

Best,
Andres
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