Dear Jim and all:
(Excuse my answering so late, I just underwent a big operation and was not
feeling well when you first announced this)
Sad news indeed! Fred Grasle was not only a giant in science as has been
said here, and as we all know, but also a fantastic human being, a man so
full of qualities as I have hardly met in my life. I admired him for all he
was... We met since 1986, and shared bits of life I will never forget
together with Judy or in a sub going down to explore the hydrothermal vents
of Guaymas basin. I had the honor to dedicate to him a genus of polychaete
from the vents of Oregon in Gorda Ridge (*Grassleia hydrothermalis*), and I
owe him a lot in my carreer and the way I look at life, with his example.
He was always smiling, no matter what even in his high position, and that
is how I am sure we will always remember him.
May he rest in the same joy he expressed in life.
Vivianne
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 10:56 PM, Geoff Read <Geoffrey.Read from niwa.co.nz>
wrote:
> FYI, if anyone wants to expand the content. There is now a Wikipedia
> article (instigated by Tony Rees).
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Frederick_Grassle>> Geoff
> ________________________________________
> From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu <annelida-bounces from oat.bio.> indiana.edu> on behalf of James Blake <jablake9 from gmail.com>
> Sent: 09 July 2018 05:22
> To: ANNELIDA
> Subject: [Annelida] Re: Fred Grassle
>> I have the sad duty to report that John Frederick Grassle (Fred) passed
> away July 6 2018, at the age of 78 after a long illness.
>>>>>
