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 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 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, 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,...
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....
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...