[BSW] FW: Dan Nicolson (1933-2016)

[Kathy Bilton]

I am trying again to send this message which I sent out yesterdaty - but 
which did not get distributed to the list for some reason.
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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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