Matt

Thanks for the news .

I met Don over 35 years ago when he took a sabatical to Hawaii.  At that
time his wife was kept busy scaring off bears.  Now it was snakes.

I was hoping to see him now that I am retired and have time to travel...

Pete

 

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From: Stable Isotope Geochemistry [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Matthew Wooller
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 11:47
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [ISOGEOCHEM] Some sad news from Alaska

 

Dear Isotope community,

 

I am e mailing with some sad news, which may have reached some of you
already.  Donald M. Schell, 69, former director of the Alaska Stable Isotope
Facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, died before Christmas at his
home in Australia.  Don was a chemical oceanographer specializing in stable
isotopes in oceanographic and biologic systems.  I had the pleasure of
interacting with Don during my interview at UAF and subsequently even phoned
him for advice once he had left Alaska.  He spent 40-plus years in Alaska
and handed over a state of the art isotope lab when he retired in 2002.  We
proudly maintain this lab and think of Don -  he was a real character.  A
rich, colorful and detailed obituary can be found at: 

 

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsminer/obituary.aspx?n=donald-m-schell
<http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsminer/obituary.aspx?n=donald-m-schell&
pid=137578289> &pid=137578289


Regards,

 

Mat Wooller
-- 
ISOTOPES IN ECOLOGY CONFERENCE FAIRBANKS ALASKA 9-13th Aug 2010:
http://www.uaf.edu/water/ISOECOL7/Welcome.html

Dr. Matthew Wooller
Room 461 Duckering Building,
Water and Environmental Research Center,
University of Alaska Fairbanks,
Fairbanks, Alaska, 99775

phone 907 474 6738