I was very sad to hear about Ron's passing. I was very much hoping his
illness was temporary and that we would see him back online. When I started
collecting, he was one of the first people to chat with me about the care,
display and preservation of my specimens. I will always appreciate his
advice and guidance.
Please pass my condolences to his family.
Sean
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From: Greg Catterton
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 4:03 PM
To: karmaka ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ron Hartman
Sad news indeed. My best goes out to his family.
Greg Catterton
www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
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From: karmaka <karm...@email.de>
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ron Hartman
WHAT A LIFE !
WHAT A LOSS !
My sincere condolences to his family and friends!
Martin
(who also loves astronomy and teaching)
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Von: impact...@aol.com
Gesendet: 11.09.2011 07:51:53
An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: [meteorite-list] Ron Hartman
Hello Everybody
Tonight I have the very sad mission to inform you all that Ron Hartman, one
of the "inventors" of the IMCA has passed away.
Please read the note that I received from his son Jim:
Ronald N. Hartman passed away on August 30, 2011, after a brief illness. He
was a Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Planetarium at Mt. San
Antonio College in Walnut, California for 38 years and was well-known in
the
community of meteorite collectors and hunters. His passion for meteorites
was
kindled when he studied astronomy at the University of California, Los
Angeles under the renowned meteoriticist Frederick C. Leonard, a founder of
the
Meteoritical Society. He worked at Griffith Observatory giving public
lectures in the 1960s and began investigating California dry lakes for the
presence
of meteorites. He discovered the Lucerne Dry Lake strewn field in 1963 and
returned to that site in 1999 to find more of the illusive little black
rocks from space. Throughout his career he continued to hunt for
meteorites,
first at Meteor Crater, Arizona (when it was legal) and Odessa, Texas. He
found, traded, bought, cut and sold meteorites as well as tektites and
shatter
cones and built up a large collection, part of which is displayed at the
Mt.
San Antonio College Planetarium and library. In 2005 he founded R. N.
Hartman, Inc., a company that manufactures, assembles and distributes
membrane
suspension boxes worldwide.
He held a B.A. in Astronomy and a B.A. in Cinematography from the
University of California, Los Angeles and an M.A. in Education from
California State
University at Los Angeles. Ron loved astronomy, he loved teaching and he
loved sharing the wonders of the night sky with his students at star
parties.
He continued teaching even after he retired in 2005. He was fascinated by
archeoastronomy and traveled to Egypt to study astronomical alignments in
ancient monuments. He was active in the Pacific Planetarium Association and
the
International Planetarium Society. He served as an editor of the
Planetarian
Magazine from 1978 – 1981. In 1984 he received the ISP Service Award, the
ISP
’s most prestigious honor.
Ron was the oldest son of Albert and Evelyn Hartman. He was born in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 23, 1935, and moved to California at the age
of 10. In
1965 he married Petrea Nelson of Reno, Nevada. He is survived by his wife
and two sons, James and Rick Hartman, his brother Chris Hartman, a nephew
Christopher Hartman and niece Laurel Meable.
If you would like to know more about Ron, please go read the Field Report
he wrote for us several years ago:
_http://imca.cc/old_site/metinfo/metadventures/LDL.html_
(http://imca.cc/old_site/metinfo/metadventures/LDL.html)
And I am sure we will talk a lot more about Ron in the coming weeks.
Goodnight.
Anne M. Black
http://www.impactika.com/
impact...@aol.com
President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
http://www.imca.cc/
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