What a sad way to start the week!
I will always fondly remember my two months visit to the Smithsonian in summer 2011. I met Kristian at the IPC in Lecce in 2010 for the first time in person. I talked to him about my research, and he invited me to the Smithsonian to study polychaetes of the vast collection of the National Museum. He covered the cost of my flight, and while in Washington DC invited me to join him and Len to the theater and celebrate his 76th birthday. I particularly enjoyed the many little anecdotes he told me about famous polychaetologist, ranging from earlier scientists (e.g. Chamberlin, Annenkova) to more recent ones (e.g. Hartman, Pettibone).
He will be greatly missed as a person and as a scientist!
________________________________
Michael Reuscher, Ph.D.
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5869
Corpus Christi, Texas 78412-5869
U.S.A.
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From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu [annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] on behalf of Prof.ssa Adriana Giangrande [gianadri from ilenic.unile.it]
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 1:38 AM
To: James Blake; annelida from net.bio.net
Subject: Re: [Annelida] Kristian Fauchald
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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