[Latinmag] Fwd: [gpmag-l] Fwd: Rob Van der Voo

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Asunto: [gpmag-l] Fwd: Rob Van der Voo
Fecha: 2024-03-01 19:33
De: Catherine Constable <cconstable en ucsd.edu>
Destinatario: GPMAG <gpmag-l en ucsd.edu>
Cc: Constable Cathy <cconstable en ucsd.edu>

Dear colleagues,

I am very sorry to be forwarding this sad news of the passing of Rob Van
der Voo, an icon in the fiedl of paleomagnetism.

Cathy

> VON: "Julia Cole, Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental
> Sciences" <earth-chair en umich.edu>
> DATUM: 1. März 2024 um 17:04:24 MEZ
> AN: Julia Cole <earth-chair en umich.edu>
> KOPIE: Courtney Hooper <clhooper en umich.edu>, Carla Huhn
> <carlavoy en umich.edu>, Nathan Niemi <naniemi en umich.edu>
> BETREFF: ROB VAN DER VOO
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Colleagues and Alumni,
> 
> I am writing to you to share the sad news of the passing of Rob Van
> der Voo. As someone who knew Rob personally, Nathan Niemi kindly
> agreed to write a tribute. His message is below.
> ~ Julie
> 
> Rob arrived in Ann Arbor in 1970 as a visiting professor and joined
> the tenure-track faculty at the University of Michigan in 1972. Rob
> retired in 2015 as Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus, Frank H. T.
> Rhodes Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences, and
> Professor Emeritus, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
> 
> Rob served twice as Chair of the (then) Department of Geological
> Sciences, as Director of the University of Michigan Honors Program,
> and as the President of the Geological Society of America. His awards
> and honors are too numerous to succinctly list but stand testament to
> his national and international reputation as a pre-eminent scholar in
> the Earth Sciences.
> 
> Rob’s research centered on paleomagnetism, and his application of
> this methodology to understanding paleogeography at the advent of the
> plate tectonics revolution established Rob’s lab at the forefront of
> unraveling the mysteries of pre-Mesozoic plate tectonics and the
> dynamics of large-scale mountain formation. Rob and his students were
> instrumental in developing a theoretical understanding of Earth’s
> magnetic field, and in defining the properties of rocks magnetism that
> preserved paleomagnetic information.
> 
> Rob leaves a legacy that includes dozens of students, postdoctoral
> fellows and research scholars who worked in his lab, colleagues who
> were fortunate enough to work and learn beside him, and international
> collaborators who span the globe.  The Van der Voo Lecture,
> established in Rob’s honor, carries on his passion for ideas and
> scientific exploration.
> 
> I was fortunate to teach a graduate course with Rob when I first
> arrived at Michigan.  I marveled then (and still do now) at the
> breadth of Rob’s knowledge, his deep intuition for the connections
> between tectonics, geophysics, and geodynamics, and his excitement to
> see someone else share in making those connections. We were incredibly
> fortunate to have Rob as a member of our faculty for over 40 years.
> 
> Please stay tuned for more information on how you can contribute to a
> departmental condolence for Rob's personal and professional family.
> 
> Julia Cole, Chair and Professor
> Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
> 1100 N. University Avenue, Suite 2534
> 
> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005
> Phone: (734) 764-1435 Email:Earth-Chair en umich.edu
> https://lsa.umich.edu/earth [1]
> 
> _My work hours may not be the same as yours. Please do not feel
> obliged to reply outside your own working hours. _

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