(Community Matters) Good gosh, I’d woken up completely forgetting that our dear friend, Leslie Jarmon is leaving the hospital to rest 
with her family. Very sad; she’s not responding to treatment for cancer.
Leslie is an extraordinary woman. I must stop by the hospital this morning on my way to the airport.
Leslie’s work was recently featured in the AAS story about UT’s adoption of Second Life for cross-campus collaborations. She worked closely with Steven in creation and execution of the UT MBA Plus Program and taught highly-coveted, problem-based learning graduate courses. She was also an early & extraordinarily enthusiastic Obama supporter. She traveled the country campaigning for his election in the primary and general election. I’m so thankful she rode out with us to the exotic game ranch recently, so privileged she prioritized attending the event even while in treatment.
Leslie’s been a fierce warrior against her cancer for a very long time. She wrote her dissertation while undertaking her first round of treatment. She likes noting that hers was the very first electronic copy dissertation submitted to UT, possibly in the country.
Community Matters 
I am very sorry for the enormous loss that Leslie’s absence presents to innumerable communities (local, science, virtual worlds, UT-Austin). She was incredibly kind, generous with her time, and amazingly brilliant and humble. What a gift she was.
Graduate Coordinators at UT-Austin received the following email from Dr. Rick Cherwitz of UT-Austin on 11/25/2009.
“Many of you knew Dr. Leslie Jarmon and her work with your students.
She passed away last night.
Some of you may recall that Leslie’s was UT’s first electronic dissertation. In addition, she was a trail-blazer in international education; her work with international students in the IE program was profound and I feel fortunate to have worked with her.
A wonderful testimonial to this work is at:
http://www.utexas.edu/opa/pubs/oncampus/01oc_issues/oc010227/oc_entrepreneur.html
Rick”
Today, I feel the loss of a brilliant woman and friend to so many. I will miss Leslie’s passion and enthusiasm for learning, education and helping others. I will also miss seeing her cheerful smile and feeling her loving and warm embrace.