Dr. Gregory B. Newby, Longtime Project Gutenberg CEO, Dies After Cancer Battle
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This article announces the death of Dr. Gregory B. Newby (gbnewby), who served as CEO of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation for over 20 years and was a voting member of the Distributed Proofreader Foundation board. He passed away after a short battle with cancer. Dr. Newby was a lifelong reader who worked closely with Distributed Proofreaders and had a background that included working for the Canadian government in the Yukon Territory while continuing to direct Project Gutenberg.
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· 4 pulledI'm very sad to announce that Dr. Gregory B. Newby (gbnewby) has died after a short battle with cancer.
Dr. Newby was CEO of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation for more than 20 years and, in that role, worked very closely with Distributed Proofreaders.
He was also a voting member of the Distributed Proofreader Foundation board.
Born in Canada, Dr. Newby grew up in the US. He returned to Canada, however, to work for the government in the Yukon Territory as he continued his direction of Project Gutenberg.
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