AIT
regretfully announces the passing of one of its most treasured and distinguished
alumni, Jeanine Miró Salla of New York. Her death at the young
age of 77 has touched the hearts of everyone in the AIT community and
indeed throughout the academic and scientific worlds. Her talents will
be sorely missed, as will her joyful presence.
Jeanine Miró Salla was born Jeanine Hernandez Cortes Miró
in 2065 in Santander, Spain, a city since swallowed by the waters of
the Bay of Biscay. She was the daughter of a high school teacher, Severo
Cortes Miró of Zaragoza, Aragon, and an engineer, Jennifer Colleen
Mariana Paradis of Zaragoza and Arinsal, Andorra. She grew up in Zaragoza,
where she attended high school and later attended the original campus
of the Aragon Institute of Technology.
Two years after graduating with honors in 2085, she married Eduard Salla.
At the time, Ms. Salla was continuing her studies at AIT in Zaragoza.
She received her PhD and joined the faculty there in 2090. Thanks to
the Birth Lottery, she gave birth to her only child, Colleen, there
on August 7, 2092.
Ms. Salla left her position as a Professor at AIT in 2109. She joined
the faculty of Bangalore World University in New York (BWU-NY) the same
year When she died, Ms. Salla served as Permanent Professor of AI Studies
and current occupant of the distinguished Dynatech Chair in Computational
Psychology at BWU's Manhattan Campus.
Ms. Salla was known as a great adventurer both on and off campus. An
avid sportsman and outdoorsman, Jeanine Salla was as at home in the
mountains or on the sea as she was in New York or Barcelona. She was
a trained sailor, diver, and copter pilot. Her many hobbies included
swimming, lacrosse, flying, and collecting antique sports equipment.
Ms. Salla's professional accomplishments and published worked are too
many to detail. She was a prolific writer, researcher, theoretician,
and therapist. Her work in the fields of virtual biochemistry, collective
intelligence, AI engineering, and AI psychology is legendary. At the
time of her death, she had been entrusted with a host of major short-
and long-term study projects for clients as prominent and diverse as
her alma mater, Transafrican Mechwatch, General Biosims, the European
Union, and the United Nations.
She leaves behind her beloved daughter Colleen Francesa Salla, and her
granddaughter, Laia Joana Salla, who lives in Manhattan.
Please excuse the brevity of this salute. We will offer a detailed story
of the life of Jeanine Miró Salla in the forthcoming Summer Life
issue of AIT News.
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