(meteorobs) Fwd: Dr. Douglas ReVelle

[Ed Majden]

I just received this sad news from Peter Brown.  I did not know Dr.  
ReVelle but was familiar with his work, reading about it, when he was  
at NRCC experimenting with the infra sound detection of meteors.  He  
will be missed.
Ed Majden
Courtenay B.C. Canada.


Begin forwarded message:

> From: pbrown <pbrown at uwo.ca>
> Date: May 3, 2010 10:19:15 AM PDT
> To: pbrown <pbrown at uwo.ca>
> Subject: Dr. Douglas ReVelle
>
> Dear Colleagues and friends:
>
> It is with great sadness that I am passing along the following news  
> from the
> wife of Doug ReVelle (Ann ReVelle):
>
> "I am very saddened to inform you that Doug ReVelle died at dawn  
> Sunday
> morning May 2nd. He entered the Lovelace Hospital in Albuquerque on
> Thursday, April 23rd with signs of acute liver failure that was  
> brought on
> by complications from the chemotherapy he received last year that
> successfully treated his lymphoma cancer.
>
> He spent his last night in the Hospice Unit at the hospital with  
> his family
> around him: his wife Ann, his sons David and Peter. A memorial  
> service will
> be planned later sometime after the 14th of May."
>
> Those wishing to express condolences directly to the family may  
> write to Ann
> at annofnm at comcast.net
>
> Doug was trained as a meteorologist/atmospheric physicist and  
> appropriately
> did pioneering work in meteor science and infrasound. He continued  
> active
> research in both areas until very recently.
>
> --------------------
> Dr. Peter Brown
> Canada Research Chair in Meteor Science
> Director - Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX)
> Associate Professor
> Department of Physics and Astronomy
> University of Western Ontario
> London, Ontario
> N6A 3K7
> CANADA
>
> email: pbrown at uwo.ca
> Phone: 1-519-661-2111 x86458
> Fax: 1-519-661-4085
>
> URLs:
> Homepage: http://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/~pbrown
> Center for Planetay Science and Exploration: http://planetsci.uwo.ca
> Canadian Lunar Research Network: http://clrn.uwo.ca
>