M Norman Salda, 57, died on October 16, 2015, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, after an almost decade-long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Born and reared in Nebraska, Michael received his BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Chicago, where he wrote his dissertation on Chaucer. Salda had taught at The University of Southern Mississippi since 1991, serving in a number of capacities at the university, including Chair of the Department of English. When I subsequently met his colleagues at meetings of the Association of Departments of English, they were all unanimous in their praise for the skill, sensitivity, and just plain common sense that he displayed as department head in a time of great turbulence at the university. He held the rank of Full Professor at the time of his death. Michael was an expert in medieval literature and Arthuriana. Written in part, he always said, thanks to ‘a nudge’ from me, his Arthurian Animation: A Study of Cartoon Camelots on Film and Television (McFarland, 2014) defined a new area of study, and will remain the definitive work in that field.

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迈克尔·诺曼·萨尔达

57 岁的诺曼·萨尔达 (M Norman Salda) 在与多发性硬化症进行了近十年的斗争后，于 2015 年 10 月 16 日在密西西比州的哈蒂斯堡去世。迈克尔在内布拉斯加州出生和长大，在芝加哥大学获得学士、硕士和博士学位，并在那里撰写了关于乔叟的论文。萨尔达自 1991 年以来一直在南密西西比大学任教，在该大学担任多项职务，包括英语系系主任。当我随后在英语系协会的会议上见到他的同事时，他们一致称赞他在大学动荡时期作为系主任所表现出的技能、敏感度和朴素的常识。他在去世时担任正教授。迈克尔是中世纪文学和亚瑟王的专家。