I echo Pierre's good words. I knew Heather for nearly forty years as a good friend, colleague and wonderful scholar. I was delighted when after very successfully building up research in her School at Bolton she joined us at Northumbria as a Head of School where she was also a great leader and a model of how to deal intelligently and imaginatively with the central bureaucracy as well as with her team who adored her. She was a strong scholar and also a very funny person with an infectious giggle. She was a great supporter of our little, new School at UCS with always lots of time for students.  A real star and as Pierre says, a role model.


On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 12:22:00 +0200, Pierre Guillet de Monthoux <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> She courageously opened the doors of Academe to the Humanities and the Arts and took on an impressive responsibility to improve and rethink what we could do in Business Schools to focus on our human condition. She is forever a role model to all of us!
> P
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> 
> From: Aesthetics, Creativity, and Organisations Research Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Monika Kostera
> Sent: 4. september 2014 08:28
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> Subject: Re: Heather Hopfl
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> Heather touched so many minds and hearts. We will remember her, always.
> 
> M.
> 
> 
> At 01:54 2014-09-04, Hatch, Mary Jo wrote:
> 
> Heather made academia and life itself more interesting. Sad for all who knew her so well. Freed for Heather. Goodbye Dear. ~ ~ ~ (private message she will understand).
> 
> Much live
> 
> Mary Jo
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 3, 2014, at 10:00 PM, "Strati, Antonio" <[log in to unmask]< mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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> It is very very sad.
> 
> Most of us loved her poetic touch on what she was doing and this will remain inside our feelings to color the memory of the friendship and the work we shared
> 
> Antonio
> -
> Antonio Strati
> Dept of Sociology & Soocial Research
> University of Trento
> Via G. Verdi 26
> 38122 Trento
> Italy
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> www.unitn.it/rucola<http://www.unitn.it/rucola> < http://www.unitn.it/rucola>
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> recently published:
> http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=14638
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> Da: Stephen Linstead <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]:[log in to unmask]>>>
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> Data: mercoledì 3 settembre 2014 15:11
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> Oggetto: Heather Hopfl
> 
> Dear All
> 
> Very sad news. As you will know, Heather has been seriously ill since last summer, and she finally passed away this morning.
> 
> She leaves a monumental hole in our world. she was chair of SCOS 1995-8, and joint editor of Culture and Organization with me and then Bob Westwood during a period when its present identity was forged. She made such a difference to SCOS, but indeed, to the lives of everyone she touched. She was a brilliant thinker, a warm and generous colleague, an unforgettable teacher, and an irreplaceable friend. We are dreadfully diminished by her loss.
> 
> There will be more information about a memorial service to come.
> 
> May she rest in peace, and stay warm in our hearts.
> 
> Steve.
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> Monika Kostera
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