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...
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, 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...
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...