Professor Emeritus Terence Joseph Hughes, born 15 February 1938 in Fort Pierre, South Dakota, U.S.A., passed away on 10 March 2018 at his home in Fort Pierre. He was 80. He died from inoperable pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver, diagnosed in 2010. Educated in metallurgy and materials science, Terry became prominent in glaciology at the Institute of Polar Studies (now Byrd Polar Research Center), Ohio State University, and at the Institute for Quaternary Studies (now the Climate Change Institute) and Dept. of Geological Sciences (now Dept. of Earth Sciences), University of Maine.
For a more extensive obituary for Terry Hughes please visit ICE 176/177, 1st and 2nd issues 2018 pp30-33