It is with a very heavy heart that I pass along the news in the email
below. Prof. Eisner was and will continue to be a paramount inspiration
to my career.
I will spend today reflecting on his works and how he inspired us all.
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Subject: Tom Eisner
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:35:45 -0400
From: Haynes, Ken <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Dear ISCE Members and Friends:
I have very sad news to report. Professor Thomas Eisner passed away on
25 March 2011. He was a great observer of nature. He had profound
impact on most of us in chemical ecology, and he stimulated a love of
nature and insects in the public. Here is a link to an obituary that
gives more information:
http://www.newswise.com/articles/tom-eisner-father-of-chemical-ecology-and-renowned-biologist-dies-at-81?ret=/articles/list&category=latest&page=1&search[billing_institution_id]=266&search[sort]=date+desc&search[has_multimedia]=&search[status]=3
<http://www.newswise.com/articles/tom-eisner-father-of-chemical-ecology-and-renowned-biologist-dies-at-81?ret=/articles/list&category=latest&page=1&search%5bbilling_institution_id%5d=266&search%5bsort%5d=date+desc&search%5bhas_multimedia%5d=&search%5bstatus%5d=3>
With Respect,
Ken Haynes
See additional notes below:
/From: Tom Baker/
/March 26, 2011/
/I just received this sad message below, forwarded to me by a new
graduate student from Cornell who is coming to Penn State this June to
pursue his PhD here.
I would ask you to please forward this to the ISCE membership.
I was fortunate to have taken several classes from Tom Eisner when I was
an undergraduate and M.S. student in entomology at Cornell. Eisner
always had the students so energized after his lectures that you wanted
to run out and do experiments on all the things he so enthusiastically
said weren't yet known. He showed everyone the promise and excitement of
exploring all these things that he said nobody knew anything about.
I was lucky to have known him, as I'm sure so many others can say with
the same certainty.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Tom Baker/
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/From: Kraig Adler, Cornell
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 9:22 AM
Subject: Tom Eisner
Dear Colleagues:
It is with the deepest sadness that I inform you that our dear friend and
colleague, Tom Eisner, died last night at his home with Maria at Kendall.
Their daughters are in Ithaca this weekend. I have no other information at
this time.
Tom's passing marks the end of an era for our department. Tom is the last of
that group of our founding faculty who, in 1964, foresaw that neurobiology
and behavior as disciplines had a natural affiliation that would someday
come together in spectacular ways. That we have just made offers to two
outstanding young scientists whose research is specifically on the neural
basis of behavior is the best possible affirmation of the success of their
original vision.
Tom's stature as a scientist, teacher, mentor, conservationist, and human
rights advocate will long be remembered by all. He was, in every respect, a
truly great person. It has been a privilege to call him our friend and
colleague. I hope you will take a few moments today to remember Tom and the
many contributions he made to science, to Cornell, our two colleges, and to
our department.
I am certain you all join me in extending our deepest sympathies to Maria,
Tom's life's partner in everything that he did, and to their daughters,
Yvonne, Vivien, and Christina, and their families.
Respectfully,
Kraig
/
