Geoff & al,
Back in the late 1980's, Mary, Tom Perkins & I had put together a MS on the
"lesser Chrysopetalidae" which was never submitted (mostly because each of
us had other primary distractions). Mary was very fond of one of the
plates, attached. I am sure that, somehow, she will laugh again at it!
Lobo Orensanz
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Geoff Read <Geoffrey.Read from niwa.co.nz> wrote:
> Dear Jim, Andy and friends of Mary,
>> I was just thinking Mary would have enjoyed participating in the
> discussion on Annelida today on the identity of the little critters, and
> would have known something useful or possibly peripheral but interesting
> about Ivanov's Pogonophores. Sadly we have missed her voice for some time.
> I think my last personal contact via email was around late 2010. Like
> many of you I've exchanged some hundreds of emails over the years and had
> the benefit of her knowledge and encouragement and the stimulus of her
> unique communications. Mary was dedicated to helping people to a fault, and
> help she did indeed.
>> Here's a snippet I found from 1996. Mary doing another all nighter on her
> polychaetes at ZMUC after her day job.
>> "It's now 4:35 am, so I had better finish my note to Vasily, and one to Jim
> and get some sleep or I won't wake up when the cleaning staff come. Dawn
> is not so far off - the sky is beginning to get light around the edges! I
> still need to buy a new alarm clock for here!"
>> An alarm clock for at work!! But of course.
>> Geoff
> ________________________________________
> From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu <
>annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu> on behalf of Andy Mackie <
>Andy.Mackie from museumwales.ac.uk>
> Sent: 08 July 2014 02:58
> To: annelida from net.bio.net> Subject: Re: [Annelida] RE: Mary Petersen
>> Thanks Jim for letting everyone know. I last saw Mary at the Portland
> Polychaete Conference you organized in 2007. In recent years, she has been
> difficult to contact and I know a number of us have been concerned for her.
>> I first met Mary at the 1st Polychaete Conference in Sydney in 1983. She
> was like a whirlwind and no-one could get a word in edgeways! Cricket
> indeed* :-) Overflowing with information, she was a true
> force-of-nature. Like many others I would correspond with her about some
> polychaete question and would receive 10 pages (with sketches) by return.
> The 2nd Polychaete Conference in Copenhagen was her finest hour. She was
> in her element, and I and others will remember being invited back to her
> house ... as if she didn't have enough to do. The Proceedings were a real
> labour of love and they duly arrived, complete with an index.
>> Mary will be long remembered and missed. It has been strange attending
> recent Polychaete Conferences without her being there.
>> Andy
>> * Dr. Mary Elizabeth "Cricket" Petersen, (8 Feb. - Nyack, New York) 1938-,
> US-Danish polychaetologist at the Zoologisk Museum, København (Copenhagen).
> US citicen, but resident in Denmark since 1965 [Ampharete petersenae
> Jirkov, 1997, Magelona petersenae Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991,
> Aphelochaeta petersenae J.A. Blake, 1996].
>> >From http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.p.html> Compiled by Hans G Hansson (much missed also)
>>> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> Dr Andrew S. Y. Mackie F.L.S.
> Invertebrate Biodiversity Section Head, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
> Wales
> * Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University
> * President, International Polychaetological Association (
>http://www.polychaeteassoc.com)
> * Honorary Chairman, Porcupine Marine Natural History Society (
>http://www.pmnhs.co.uk)
> * Research Gate (http://www.researchgate.net)
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>>>>>>> On 07/07/2014 15:09, "James Blake" <jablake9 from gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear colleagues,
>> I have learned via Les Watling and others at the Darling Marine Center, the
> sad news that Dr. Mary Petersen passed away yesterday morning (7 July)
> after a short battle with cancer.
>> I have many memories of Mary's friendship, generosity and willingness to
> share her extensive knowledge of polychaetes to whomever needed it. I am
> certain that there will many memories of her posted in the days to follow.
>> Jim
>> --
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