WARREN-PLATH-Obituary

WARREN PLATH

New York, New York

1935 - 2021

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PLATH--Warren Joseph. Warren Joseph Plath died peacefully at his Mount Kisco, NY home on February 14, 2021. The cause of death was congestive heart failure. Plath, 85, spent his entire career as an innovator in the field of theoretical and computational linguistics, conducting research at IBM's...

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Wow! What a total attribute of intelligence, loyalty, pride and family Warren exemplified! And the last part about 45 This legacy and his family he established and obviously loved. What a human. RIP Warren

He was my roommate at Exeter and at Harvard and my strongest academic competitor. We kept up over the years, mainly at Exeter reunions, and I miss him and his sharp sense of humor.

In memory of a respected member of our extended family

I didn´t know Warren Plath but I´ve read a lot of books by and about his sister. I am so happy that he was able to have such an accomplished and hopefully joyful life-it certainly sounds like he did. Living in the shadow of such a talented but tragic sibling couldn´t have been easy. I´m glad he lived to see her literary reputation solidified, and I hope he read her acclaimed biography in 2020.

As a collector since 1972 of probably all of the books by and about Warren Plath´s sister, I thank his daughters for composing such a wonderfully detailed obituary. Though I respect his choice to make no publicly quoted comments since 1963, I hope Mr. Plath would not mind my enjoyment of such evocative life events as his hospital experiences and deathbed wish. May his memory continue to endure as a blessing.

Warren asked whether my doctor gave me a cashectomy. Ever competitive he was very happy my brilliant Yale classmate went went to Yale from Exeter rather than to Harvard

The greatest man to grace the Nonsay household with his presence. We love you Aima