I have no words. Kristian had a special place in my heart and in that of
Cristina Gambi, the italian "students". We met Kristian at the beginning
of our career and we later shared with him wonderful experiences, always
following his valuable opinion.
We will miss him too much
Adriana Giangrande
2015-04-05 6:15 GMT+02:00 James Blake <jablake9 from gmail.com>:
> All,
>> I learned of Kristian's passing within the last hour as well. It is indeed
> a sad day for the polychaete world. My condolences to Len Hirsch, his
> Smithsonian colleagues, and those of us who knew and appreciated his many
> contributions to polychaete systematics and biology. It will not be the
> same.
>> Jim Blake
>> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Kirk Fitzhugh <kfitzhugh from nhm.org> wrote:
>> > 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
> >
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > J. Kirk Fitzhugh, Ph.D.
> > Curator of Polychaetes
> > Invertebrate Zoology Section
> > Research & Collections Branch
> > Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
> > 900 Exposition Blvd
> > Los Angeles CA 90007
> > Phone: 213-763-3233
> > FAX: 213-746-2999
> > e-mail: kfitzhug from nhm.org> > http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/polychaetous-annelids> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
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