[INDOLOGY] George Thompson (1951-2025)

[Nicole Karapanagiotis]

Antonia, Heiner, and all,
I also appreciate the chance to learn more about the deceased and read
tributes about them.
Thank you,
Nicole Karapanagiotis

Dr. Nicole Karapanagiotis, Ph.D. (she/her)
Associate Professor, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Camden College of Arts and Sciences
429 Cooper St., Room #303
Camden, NJ 08102
nicole.karapanagiotis at rutgers.edu



On Sun, Jul 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM Antonia Ruppel via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Heiner,
>
> I respectfully disagree. I always appreciate the chance to hear from
> anyone who knew the deceased better. They were a member of our community,
> and while sharing our memories of them will perhaps not make their śravaḥ
> akṣitam, it still seems the right thing to do. I met George at the World
> Sanskrit Conference in Kyoto, and still remember how friendly he was to me,
> even though back then I still was very new to the field.
>
> If you feel there are too many emails on this list, perhaps consider
> signing up for the daily digest rather than the individual emails?
>
> All my best,
>     Antonia
>
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2026 at 23:54, Rolf Heinrich Koch via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear listmembers,
>>
>> Just a small suggestion: to help reduce unnecessary email traffic (and
>> save a little energy), it might be nice if condolences in response to
>> obituary notices were sent directly to the original sender rather than to
>> the entire mailing list.
>>
>> Thank you for considering this.
>>
>> Heiner
>> Am 05.07.2026 um 19:30 schrieb Whitaker, Jarrod via INDOLOGY:
>>
>> Dear Colleagues
>>
>> A colleague just let me know that George Thompson passed away last year.
>> I'm not sure if this was broadcast last year, so my apologies if so. George
>> was a long-time member of the AOS and a Vedic and Classical Sanskrit
>> scholar.
>>
>>
>> https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/ledgertranscript/name/george-thompson-obituary?id=59310306
>>
>> JW
>>
>> --
>> Dr. R. H. Koch - Germany/Sri Lanka www.rolfheinrichkoch.wordpress.com/www.ummaggajataka.wordpress.com
>>
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