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Rajeev Motwani…

… an influential Stanford university computer sciences professor, was found dead in his swimming pool last month.


Toxicology results show
“a blood-alcohol level of three times the legal limit at the time of his death.”

Motwani was credited by Google co-founder Sergey Brin as his unofficial academic adviser. He called Motwani’s contributions to computer-science “brilliant.”

Margaret Soltan, July 15, 2009 7:31PM
Posted in: professors

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3 Responses to “Rajeev Motwani…”

  1. Bill Gleason Says:

    Not to quibble, but at another place in the link it says:

    "three times the legal limit for drivers"

    and he wasn’t driving…

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:

    You know much more than I about these things, Bill; but I assumed that since this fact is featured in the news articles about his death, that was a significant (dangerous) amount of alcohol whether he was driving or not.

  3. Bill Gleason Says:

    Absolutely.

    But I think that omitting that the legal level is for driving is a little unfair. Getting plastered is one very bad thing, but it is different from getting plastered and going out driving…

    A lot of writers you and I both know would be in trouble if drinking heavily at home were a jailable offense. Drunk driving is.

    It is odd that in the article the first time this is mentioned driving is omitted but the second time it is properly included.

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