Έγραψαν για τον Τραϊανό

Πέμπτη, 29 Απριλίου 2010
Τραϊανός Γάγος (1960-2010) / Traianos Gagos (1960-2010)

Mε λύπη διαβάσαμε την είδηση ότι ο γνωστός παπυρολόγος Τραϊανός Γάγος σκοτώθηκε σε ατύχημα στο σπίτι του στο Ann Arbor στις 24 Απριλίου. Ο εκλιπών ήταν καθηγητής της Παπυρολογίας και της Ελληνικής στο Παν/μιο Ann Arbor Michigan, Αρχειοφύλακας της Παπυρολογικής Συλλογής του Michigan, ερευνητής συνεργάτης του Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Kelsey. Είναι ένας από τους ερευνητές που ενεργά συμμετείχε στη δημιουργία της ηλεκτρονικής βάσης δεδομένων Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri (DDBDP) καθώς επίσης του προγράμματος Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS). Δημοσίευσε πολλούς από τους παπύρους της συλλογής του Michigan αλλά και της Πέτρας της Ιορdανίας. Κατά τα τελευταία χρόνια ασχολήθηκε με την αξιοποίηση νέων καινοτόμων τεχνολογιών στη μελέτη των παπύρων (Multispectral Imaging, CAT-scanning & ακτίνες Χ, φωτογραφία ΙR). Με λίγα λόγια ήταν ένας από εκείνους του ερευνητές στους οποίους όλοι όσοι ασχολούμαστε με παπύρους και επιγραφές χρωστούμε μεγάλη ευγνωμοσύνη, γιατί μας ανοίγουν σιωπηλά και με επιμέλεια το δρόμο και μας παρέχουν το πρώτο υλικό για την έρευνα.
Αιώνια η μνήμη του.( http://biblicalstudiesblog.blogspot.com/)


Ένας λαμπρός Έλληνας επιστήμονας, ο Τραινός Γάγος, καθηγητής στο Πανεπιστημίο του Μίσιγκαν των ΗΠΑ , «έφυγε» αναπάντεχα από κοντά μας σε ηλικία 49 ετών. Παιδί βιοπαλαιστών, μεγάλωσε στην Τούμπα της Θεσσαλονίκης και παρά τις δυσκολίες και τις στερήσεις, με το πείσμα και τη θέληση του κατάφερε να εισαχθεί το 1977 στη Φιλοσοφική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων. Το 1984 και ύστερα από ...
δύσκολες εξετάσεις πήρε υποτροφία από το Ίδρυμα Κρατικών Υποτροφιών, για μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές στην παπυρολογία στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Ντάραμ της Αγγλίας. Ολοκλήρωσε τη διδακτορική του διατριβή σε μόλις 3 χρόνια και αμέσως έγινε αποδέκτης πρότασης από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Μίσιγκαν των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών να αναλάβει ερευνητικό έργο. Το 1990 σε ηλικία 30 ετών κατέλαβε θέση βοηθού καθηγητή και πέντε χρόνια αργότερα θέση καθηγητή στο Τμήμα Κλασσικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου. Δημιούργησε το σημαντικότερο ψηφιακό αρχείο παπύρων στον κόσμο, ενώ για πάνω από μία δεκαετία ήταν επικεφαλής ερευνών στην Πέτρα της Ιορδανίας. Η αμερικανική ακαδημαϊκή κοινότητα αναγνωρίζοντας το τεράστιο ερευνητικό έργο τον ανέδειξε Πρόεδρο της Εταιρίας Αμερικανών Παπυρολόγων. Στο ενεργητικό του βιβλία, δεκάδες δημοσιεύσεις, άρθρα σε επιστημονικά περιοδικά και συνεντεύξεις. Για το ερευνητικό, ακαδημαϊκό και συγγραφικό του έργο έλαβε πάνω από 30 τιμητικές διακρίσεις και επαίνους. Αυτός ο λαμπρός επιστήμονας, αυτός ο μεγάλος Έλληνας, που τίμησε την Ελλάδα με την 25χρονη παρουσία του στο εξωτερικό έφυγε ξαφνικά από κοντά μας στις 24 Απριλίου στα 49 του χρόνια. Η σωρός του θα μεταφερθεί τις προσεχείς ημέρες στην Ελλάδα και η κηδεία θα γίνει στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Όσοι τον γνωρίσαμε –συνάδελφοι, φοιτητές, φίλοι- δεν θα τον ξεχάσουμε ποτέ.(http://www.argolidablogs.gr/Peter_Pan/)

Traianos Gagos†

Traianos Gagos Obituary

THE TRAIANOS GAGOS FUND FOR PAPYROLOGY (731118)
Click here if you wish to make a gift to this fund. The link will take you to the college’s giving site where you can be assured your gift will be added to this endowment. Enter your donation amount. Add Traianos Gagos in the “Other Areas” field and enter 100%. If you have any difficulties, contact Robin Wadding in the Development Office, delanor@umich.edu or 734-615-6347.
Thank you for helping to continue the work to which he was so dedicated.
(http://www.lsa.umich.edu/classics/newsandevents/thetraianosgagosfundforpapyrology)

Traianos Gagos (1960-2010)

A few days ago, Arthur Verhoogt announced on the PAPY-List the tragic news that on 24 April Traianos Gagos, Professor of Papyrology at the University of Michigan had died unexpectedly:

Dear Colleagues:

It is my sad duty to inform you that Traianos Gagos died very unexpectedly on April 24, 49 years old. We have lost a very dear friend, colleague, and one of the best documentary papyrologists of his generation. We are also losing a human being who had the capacity to make everybody feel at ease and respected in his presence. His service to the field of papyrology as a whole and especially to papyrology here in Michigan is well known to all. He was a great mentor to students and younger colleagues. We miss him.

Traianos will be buried in his beloved Greece.

Arthur Verhoogt

Department of Classical Studies

University of Michigan

A while ago I was working on the Papyrus 53 (Ann Arbor, Univ. Libr., Inv. Nr. 6652), which contains portions from Matthew and Acts. In the Kurzgefasste Liste the reconstructed format is 20-21 x 12 cm, whereas Scott Charlesworth in a more recent publication had indicated 16.5-18 x 10.8 cm. I consulted APIS and contacted Charlesworth because of the discrepancy. Eventually, Traianos Gagos, whom Charlesworth knew well, was kind enough to measure the fragments for us. As a result, Charlesworth recalculated the format to ca. 20 x 12.5 cm. This is just one small example of Gagos' kindness and generosity witnessed by many.

Gagos' colleague Arthur Verhoogt has announced on the PAPY-List that for those in the neighbourhood that can come, the University of Michigan is holding a Memorial gathering for Traianos Gagos on Monday, May 3, beginning at 4:00 PM in the Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union, 530 South State Street. It is an open event for everyone wishing to share their memories.
(http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&updated-max=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&max-results=50 )

d.m. Traianos Gagos

April 30, 2010

by rogueclassicist

Traianos Gagos, colleague, friend, and archivist for the University Library’s papyrus collection, passed away suddenly last week at the age of 49.
“Traianos Gagos was an extraordinary scholar who helped to develop extraordinary resources both at Michigan and around the world. He was also a warm and enthusiastic friend and colleague, and we will miss him greatly,“ said University Librarian Paul Courant.
When Traianos arrived at the University of Michigan in 1988, the library already held the largest collection of papyri in the Western Hemisphere, but his vision, diligence, and dedication made it readily available to the world.
Back in 1995, when the World Wide Web was just a brave new world, Traianos was already part of the team that created the Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS), a massive online database combining descriptions and images of papyrus fragments from multiple institutions. He worked tirelessly on the methodologies and politics of this program from the start, engaging in tasks that ranged from identifying details of metadata to collect for each papyrus to creating standards for technologies, to bringing new institutions on board. From 1996 to 2008 the project was supported by an almost-unheard-of series of five back-to-back multi-institutional National Endowment for the Humanities grants, on all of which Traianos served as principal investigator or project manager.
The impact of the APIS project has been revolutionary. With nearly eight thousand records for Michigan papyri now in the APIS database, the collection is heavily used by scholars and students all over the world. The Michigan papyrus collection is on the map as a leader and innovator, a place to look to as a model in the management of both electronic and original collections of ancient documents.
Traianos also put great effort into making this collection accessible to the non-specialist. The incorporation of translations and names into the APIS database was intended to facilitate access by scholars in related fields or laypeople who lacked the language skills to read the originals. He participated in numerous television and other media interviews for general audiences and conducted countless tours of the collection for groups ranging from senior citizens to school children. With Kathryn Beam in the Special Collections Library he contributed to the library’s highly popular annual exhibition “From Papyrus to King James,” whose CD-ROM version won the Michigan Press Book Award in 1999.
Traianos’s work as archivist for the papyrus collection in the library was just one portion of a rich professional output. He held a joint appointment as Professor of Papyrology and Greek in the Department of Classical Studies, where he taught not only the study of ancient texts but also founded and taught in the Modern Greek language program. He published widely and held many leadership positions among papyrologists nationally and internationally. Ludwig Koenen, professor emeritus of papyrology, has written a remembrance for the Classical Studies Web page.
His many friends at the University Library will miss his dry humor, ready laugh, and outlook of bemused tolerance for an imperfect world.
The Department of Classical Studies, the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, and the University Library will host a memorial for Traianos on Monday, May 3, at 4 p.m. in the Michigan Union ballroom.
Cards and letters of condolence may be sent to Gina Soter, c/o Department of Classical Studies, 2160 Angell Hall, 435 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003; they will be collected and passed on to his family. In lieu of flowers, the Traianos Gagos Fund for Papyrology has been established for the purpose of assisting and promoting study and research in Papyrology by students at all levels.
If you wish to make a gift to this fund, the following link will direct you to the College of Literature, Science and the Arts giving site where you can be assured your gift will be added to this endowment: http://lsa.umich.edu/alumni/giveonline. Click on “give student support,” then check the box “my gift is in honor/memory of someone.” Add Traianos Gagos there.

via University Library Remembers Traianos Gagos, 1960–2010 | MLibrary.
(http://rogueclassicism.com/2010/04/30/d-m-traianos-gagos/)


Our friend and colleague Traianos Gagos died in a tragic
accident at his home this weekend in Ann Arbor.

Frinds are remembering him at
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=121632834518074

-Chuck Jones-
ISAW - NYU

The Traianos Gagos Fund for Papyrology

An endowment has been established in the memory of Traianos Gagos for the purpose of assisting and promoting study and research in Papyrology by students at all levels.
If you wish to make a gift to this fund (731118), contact the Department of Classical Studies, 434-764-0360.
Thank you for helping to continue the work to which Traianos was so dedicated
http://www.lib.umich.edu/papyrology-library/traianos-gagos-fund-papyrology