Dear Cap,

Thanks very much for the very sad news.  By coincidence I had just spent 
the afternoon typing a manuscript on the conservation of African forest 
where I had occasion to refer to his classic 1955 paper and also to his 
recent letter to Science.  I had been thinking of him warmly, marvelling 
that a man should have two citable papers published almost 50 years 
apart, remembering his ready wit and the graceful way in which he 
responded to Nick Shackleton's revision of his paleotemperature 
estimates.  It was a great shock to turn to my e-mail and find that he 
was no longer with us.

Sincerely,

Dan Livingston

On Fri, 21 Jul 1995, D. Cap Introne wrote:

> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 08:45:30 -0500
> From: D. Cap Introne <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: regrets
> 
> Dear friends,
> 
> It is with great sorrow that I am informing the isotopic community of the
> loss of one of it's founding members. Cesare Emiliani passed away yesterday
> afternoon, July 20, from complications associated with a heart attack in
> his retirement home in West Palm Beach, FL. He is survived by his son,
> daughter and wife, Rosita. Cesare's definitive work revolutionized our
> thinking about ice ages. He was also instrumental in the development of the
> subdiscipline of paleoceanography and what came to be known as the Deep Sea
> Drilling Project. He received degrees from Bologna and Chicago as well as
> many other honors and awards. His quick wit and wonderful sense of humour
> brought a smile, if not a belly laugh, to many of us. He was a brilliant
> academician, researcher, teacher, mentor and friend. I know I will miss him
> very much.
> 
> Douglas "Cap" Introne
> Stable Isotope Laboratory
> Sawyer Environmental Research Center
> University of Maine
> Orono, ME 04469
> 
> Tel. (207) 581-2192
> Fax (207) 581-3490
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