by Magnus Magnusson | Jan 8, 2018 | In Memoriam
A tribute by John F. Nye Alan Stewart Thorndike, glaciologist, died in Easton, Maryland, USA on 8 January 2018, aged 72, after a short illness with an aggressive pneumonia. Alan will be remembered as a kind and generous man with a powerful intellect, a scholar, man of...
by Magnus Magnusson | Aug 19, 2017 | In Memoriam
Charlie Bentley, an IGS member since 1959, a former IGS Vice-President and a Seligman Crystal recipient, has died at the age of 87 Charlie Bentley, Emeritus A.P. Crary Professor of Geophysics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, passed away peacefully on 19 August...
by Magnus Magnusson | Feb 15, 2017 | In Memoriam
Willy Weeks, a long time member of the IGS, a former IGS President and a Seligman crystal recipient died at the age of 88 On a cold February day in Portland likely reminiscent of the Arctic longtime IGS member and former President and Seligman Crystal recipient Willy...
by Magnus Magnusson | Oct 22, 2016 | In Memoriam
Professor Gordon Hamilton, a long time member of the IGS, died at the age of 50 Remarks presented by Christina Hulbe at the opening of the joint IGS/IASC/CliC Symposium on the Cryosphere in a Changing World in February 2017. Gordon Stuart Hamilton, Research Associate...
by Magnus Magnusson | Sep 8, 2016 | In Memoriam
Professor David N Collins of the University of Salford has died at the age of 68. 8 September 2016 Society members will be saddened to learn of the passing of Professor David Collins on 8th September 2016. David was an enthusiastic member of the Society, regularly...
