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On July 7, 2016, Andrei Valerievich Ivanov passed away after a struggle with cancer. Andrei was our friend and colleague, a distinguished scientist, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, member of the Meteoritical Society, and a leading researcher at the Vernadsky Institute’s Laboratory of Meteoritics. More…

Gerald J. Wasserburg, 1927-2016 Gerald J. Wasserburg (aka Jerry) passed away on June 13, at the age of 89. Jerry Wasserburg was an icon (better: a giant) in the meteoritics and planetary science community, a relentless figure in the Apollo Program and influential in the field of isotope geochemistry. He served as President of The Society (1987-1988) and was awarded the Society’s Leonard Medal in 1975. At the time of his death, he was the John D. MacArthur Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology. More…

Roy S. Clarke, Jr., Emeritus Curator in the Dept. of Mineral Sciences at the Smithsonian Institution, passed away on April 1, 2016, at the age of 91. More…

Heinrich Wänke passed away on November 21, at the age of 87. Heinrich Wänke was well known for his work in Cosmo- and Geochemistry, which included studies on meteorites, Moon rocks, Martian meteorites and Earth mantle rocks. His research has had and continues to have a strong influence on present work on the formation and evolution of the terrestrial planets. More…

Ernst Zinner passed away on July 30th due to complications of mantle cell lymphoma, which he had battled for more than 19 years. Ernst was the Leonard Medalist in 1997 and a Fellow of the Society since 1988. He received a Diplom-Ingenieur (equivalent to an MS engineering degree) from the Technische Hochschule in Vienna in 1960 and earned a PhD at Washington University in 1972 in high-energy particle physics. More…

Joe Goldstein passed away on the morning of June 27th. Joe was President of The Meteoritical Society for 2007-2008 and was awarded the Leonard Medal for 2005. He was also a Fellow of the Society since 1968. Joe was committed to the health of the Society, especially the Endowment Committee and was instrumental in establishing the Society's Legacy Program. More…

Ian Hutcheon passed away on March 26th. Ian was a Fellow of The Meteoritical Society since 1986. He received a BA in Physics from Occidental College in 1969 and earned a PhD in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1975. More…