Shi Yafeng, an honorary IGS member, has died at the age of 93 3 March 2011 Honorary member of the International Glaciological Society, Academician Shi Yafeng, passed away in Nanjing, China, on 13 February 2011. Professor Shi was an initiator of glaciology in China,...
Hans Röthlisberger, former IGS president and honorary IGS member, has died at the age of 86 10 September 2009 Hans Röthlisberger died on 10 September 2009 at his home in Uerikon, Zurich. He was born on February 1st, 1923 in Langnau, Canton Bern, Switzerland. After...
Roy (Fritz) Koerner, 75, died May 26 only three and one half weeks after returning from his last field season to the Canadian High Arctic. He continued his pioneering work of monitoring the ice caps until the very last. Fritz was an outstanding field scientist and...
Louis Lliboutry, 1922-2007 Louis Lliboutry died on 20 October 2007 in his home town of Corenc, near Grenoble, France. He is born at Madrid and studied at Ecole Normale Supérieure from Paris. He got his “Doctorat d’Etat” in 1950 under the supervision of the L. Neel...
Marcel de Quervain, a former president of the IGS, a Seligman crystal recipient and an honorary member of the Society has died at the age of 91 16 February 2007 Marcel de Quervain worked throughout his life in the fields of snow, ice and last but not least avalanche...
Ed LaChapelle, a member of the IGS since 1960, former Vice President and Council member, has died at the age of 80 1 February 2007 Ed LaChapelle was a long time member of the IGS and served as Vice President and Council Member. He graduated in physics at the...
Link Washburn, a member of the IGS since 1947, a former Council member and an honorary member of the IGS, has died at the age of 95 30 January 2007 Link Washburn contributed immensely to the field of periglacial geomorphology through his research, his publications and...
Ray Adie, a long-standing member of the International Glaciological Society, has died at the age of 81 14 May 2006 Ray Adie, a geologist by training, was one of the longest-serving members of the Journal of Glaciology team. He first joined as a member of the Editorial...
John Arnfield Heap, the Society's Treasurer for over 30 years has died at the age of 74 It is with great sadness that I write to tell you that John Heap, our Treasurer for more than 30 years, died earlier today. The Society has lost a very capable member and Officer....