Found a more detailed account of Karen's background at her grad school:
Karen (Erickson) Huff (Ph.D. ’89), died at the age of 56 on June 21, 2002, at her home in Winchester, MA after a lengthy battle with cancer. Huff was a researcher, project leader, and department manager in the advanced software laboratory at GTE Laboratories in Waltham, MA. She had a strong interest in applying emerging technology to improve software engineering and business practice, and authored many technical papers on these subjects. Prior to GTE, Huff was a software engineer and project leader in the compiler division at Intermetrics, Inc. in Cambridge, MA. She enjoyed early New England architecture, was a student of the textile arts, and was an accomplished spinner and handweaver. Her experiments applying computer graphics to textile design were featured in Computer World Magazine.
Karen Friedberg (Nierenberg) (1967)
Found a more detailed account of Karen's background at her grad school:
Karen (Erickson) Huff (Ph.D. ’89), died at the age of 56 on June 21, 2002, at her home in Winchester, MA after a lengthy battle with cancer. Huff was a researcher, project leader, and department manager in the advanced software laboratory at GTE Laboratories in Waltham, MA. She had a strong interest in applying emerging technology to improve software engineering and business practice, and authored many technical papers on these subjects. Prior to GTE, Huff was a software engineer and project leader in the compiler division at Intermetrics, Inc. in Cambridge, MA. She enjoyed early New England architecture, was a student of the textile arts, and was an accomplished spinner and handweaver. Her experiments applying computer graphics to textile design were featured in Computer World Magazine.