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...
In Memoriam
Gordon Stuart Hamilton, 1966-2016
22 October 2016
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...
David Collins, 1949-2016
08 September 2016
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...
Robert H. Thomas, 1937-2015
02 February 2015
Bob Thomas, a longstanding IGS member, has died at the age of 77 Robert H. (Bob) Thomas was born 1 June 1937, in Hoylake, UK. He passed away on 2 February 2015, in Gorzow, Poland, from the effects of a stroke that he suffered in early January. He was 77. Bob is...
Charles Swithinbank, 1926-2014
28 May 2014
Charles Swithinbank, an IGS honorary member and past president of the Society has died at the age of 87 28 May 2014 Charles Winthrop Molesworth Swithinbank was born on 17 November 1926 in Burma and died on 27 May 2014 in Cambridgeshire. His earliest polar work was...
William Stanley Bryce (Stan) Paterson, 1924-2013
08 October 2013
Stan Paterson, an honorary IGS member and Richardson Medal recipient, has died at the age of 89 8 October 2013 Stan Paterson graduated in 1949 with an honours degree from the University of Edinburgh, where he worked as a lecturer prior to his selection for the survey...
Sigfús Jóhann Johnsen, 1940-2013
05 June 2013
Sigfús J Johnsen, a long standing IGS member and Seligman Crystal recipient has died at the age of 73 Sigfús was born 27 April 1940 in Iceland. He completed his BSc degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Copenhagen in 1960 and an MSc in experimental...
Mark F. Meier, 1925-2012
25 November 2012
Mark Meier, an IGS honorary member and Seligman Crystal recipient has died at the age of 87 25 November 2012 Prof. Mark F. C, prominent American glaciologist, passed away in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday, November 25, 2012. He had been a resident of Boulder since 1985,...
Austin Post, 1922-2012
14 November 2012
Austin Post, seminal American glaciologist, has died at the age of 90 14 November 2012 Family and friends have reported the death, on 12 November, of Austin Post, seminal American glaciologist, in DuPont, Washington, USA. Post was an outstanding photographer,...
Barcley Kamb, 1931-2011
21 April 2011
Barclay Kamb, a Seligman Crystal recipient and long-standing IGS member, has died at the age of 79 21 April 2011 Walter Barclay Kamb, the Barbara and Stanley R. Rawn, Jr. Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Caltech, died at his home in Pasadena on April 21, 2011....