Dear Cryolist members
It is said that when it rains, it pours. That is how we feel at the moment as the sad news just came through that Al Rasmussen had died this past February 13.
Al joined the Society in 1983 and was an active members throughout, regularly attending IGS symposia and publishing papers in our journals.
He was a 1959 University of Washington (UW) graduate with a degree in Meteorology and Climatology. After spending 10 years at Boeing as a computer programmer, he became switched careers and son became an expert in the field of glaciological science, working for the U.S. Geological Survey and later at UW. His research spanned more than 50 years, continuing into his 80s, and he authored or co-authored dozens of scientific papers, presenting in Norway, Sweden, England, Canada, Austria, and Chile.
More will appear here in the near future and in due course a full obituary will appear in the IGS newsletter ICE and here on the IGS website.
All the best
Magnús
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Magnús Már Magnússon
Secretary General
International Glaciological Society
High Cross
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0ET
United Kingdom
E-Mail: magnus@igsoc.org
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