[BSW] Dan Nicolson (1933-2016) (fwd)

[Kathy Bilton]

Apologies if you already received this email from me.  I sent it earlier 
today, and while it ended up in the list archives, I never got a copy in 
my inbox. --Kathy

I received this from Jil today:

-----Original Message-----
From: Wagner, Warren
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 8:18 AM
To: Gandhi, Kanchi <gandhi at oeb.harvard.edu>; Peter Raven 
<Peter.Raven at mobot.org>;
J.McNeill at rbge.ac.uk
Subject: FW: Dan Nicolson (1933-2016)
Importance: High


I just received this from Dan's son David a short while ago. I wanted to let 
you know.
Dan really meant a lot to many peope around the world and had wide influence on 
many
botanical careers, including my career. He was a great man and important 
botanist.

Warren
________________________________________
From: Nicolson, David
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 7:50 AM
To: Wagner, Warren; Touwaide, Alain; Appetiti, Emanuela; McDiarmid, Roy; 
Eichhorn, Sarah
Cc: Orrell, Thomas; 'Guala, Gerald'; jgreen at usgs.gov
Subject: Dan Nicolson (1933-2016)

Dear all,

I've just gotten word from mom that dad passed away early this morning. He had 
declined
rather rapidly recently, due to the dementia and associated issues, so it was 
not
unexpected, and in a way it was a blessing that he didn't linger any longer. 
Thankfully,
my siblings all came into town last weekend so we all had some time together 
with mom and
dad. Mom asked me to notify folks at the museum, and you are all people I know 
dad was
close with, and your addresses were handy, so I hope you will feel free to 
notify his
various colleagues and friends.

There are no plans for a service, although, per his stated wishes, his ashes 
will be
interred where his parents are buried in Shenandoah, Iowa at some point. I am 
not quite
sure what happens now, but I think I need to dig out the profile on him that 
WBFC put
together a while back, that was rather nice, as I recall.

Thanks,
Dave

David Nicolson
Data Development Coordinator, Integrated Taxonomic Information System 
Biologist, USGS
Core Science Systems, Core Science Analytics, Synthesis & Libraries
nicolsod at si.edu    Office 202-633-2149    Fax 202-786-2934
http://www.itis.gov/
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