Dear colleagues and friends,
This is very sad news.
The gap Kristian leaves behind is huge at all levels, exactly as Kirk says:
a great man, friend, colleague, and mentor, that only Kristian knew very well
how to make it, all at the same time.
What I mostly admired at him was his open-hearted, giving personality.
That attitude that made the youngers feeling welcome in this society,
targeted to the study of polychates.
Jim, you are right, it won't be the same and I believe this is a great
loss not only for our society but for the entire discipline of zoology.
My sincere condolences to Len Hirsch.
Perhaps, we can attend his memorial service through a web conference service.
Christos.
> From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu> [annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] on behalf of Geoff Read
> [Geoffrey.Read from niwa.co.nz]
> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:41 PM
> To: annelida from net.bio.net> Subject: [Annelida] Re: Kristian Fauchald
>> Dear all,
>> Via Linda Ward.
> <WARDL from si.edu>
>> Kristian died this morning (April 4th) as a result of a heart
> attack he suffered last night. He was just 3 months shy of his 80th
> birthday.
>> If people have memories, or photographs of Kristian they want to
> share I’ll be sure to pass them along to Kristian’s husband, Len
> Hirsch.
>> Linda
>> ________________________________________
> From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu> <annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu> on behalf of Kirk Fitzhugh
> <kfitzhugh from nhm.org>
> Sent: 05 April 2015 10:19
> To: annelida from net.bio.net> Subject: [Annelida] Kristian Fauchald
>> Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>> It is with a heavy heart that I let you know that Kristian Fauchald
> passed away last night peacefully in his sleep. I'll pass along
> information regarding the memorial once I know the arrangements.
>> There are so many things I could say about this great man, friend,
> colleague, and mentor, but I am devastated at his loss.
>> Kirk
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