Re: [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 :
A good and appropriate honor; Scott cared very much about cave species. On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 8:17 PM Reddell, James R < jreddell.ca...@austin.utexas.edu> wrote: > Scott Harden made numerous important collections of cave invertebrates in > Texas. Four species have been > named for him: > * Mexiweckelia hardeni* - amphipod > > > -- > *From:* Texascavers on behalf of > Jerry > *Sent:* Friday, October 11, 2019 6:28 PM > *To:* texascavers@texascavers.com > *Subject:* [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 : > > From Kurt Menking : > > Scott Harden, and active Caver, Geologist, Biologist, Mountain climber, > and a friend passed away last week. He was a graduate from UT and a very > active caver in the 70-80’s. He spent a few years caving in the Austin > area, made numerous trips to Mexico, then moved back to San Antonio, and > was actively caving there for many years. > > He spent many years caring for his ailing parent in the 90’s and up until > his mom died in 2011. His health had been declining over the past few > years. He constantly emailed his friends with humorous, goofy, and > insulting emails numerous times each day, and when those emails stopped, > and he wouldn’t answer his phone several of us were concerned. One of > his friends went to his house, and after he didn’t get a response, he > called the police who eventually discovered Scott dead inside. > > I am planning to host a memorial / celebration of his life at my house > Saturday April 18th starting at 6:30pm. Anyone interested please RSVP so > we’ll know how to contact you with more details as we get closer. > > Kurt > 3/19/2015 > > See attached photo . > > Jerry Atkinson. > > -Original Message- > From: William R. Elliott > To: texascavers > Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2019 1:56 pm > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Administrative BS > > Preston, Carol and all, > > Thanks for notifying me about departed cavers or, in one case, an > epigrapher who worked in caves. > > I really can't do much with that unless you can send me a write-up, > document, link, or image. I spend a lot of time researching dead cavers as > it is, and some day I will give it up and pass it on to someone. So I need > help. > > Does anyone know when Scott Harden died? I searched many years of AMCS, > Texas Caver, NSS News, and found nothing about his death. I probably > received an email a few years back when it happened, but my email address > changed three times since then, so... > > But I know these people mean something to many of us who were born in the > last millenium... > > Thank you, > *William R. (Bill) Elliott* > *speodes...@gmail.com* > 573-291-5093 cell > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 1:17 PM PRESTON FORSYTHE > wrote: > > Michael Coe, 90. Mayan codex, oldest western hemisphere book decoder, > died.. "Book" found in a cave. > > > Preston Forsythe > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 12:06 AM, Logan > wrote: > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 :
I was working on this earlier today when I got called away just before sending it... Kurt Menking put together an obit that was sent to the Texas Caver. I don't have the final version handy, but here is an early version Kurt sent me, to which I've added a little. Scott Harden, an active caver, geologist, biologist, mountain climber, and friend passed away in early March 2015. He was a graduate from UT and a very active caver in the 1970-80's. He spent a few years caving in the Austin area, and made numerous trips to Mexico, in the early 70's to Sotano de las Golondrinas, and numerous other caves. Plus he climbed Popo and other high peaks in Mexico. After moving back to San Antonio, he was actively caving and was involved with several projects including Honey Creek, Sorcerers, and others. Scott tried to join the Alamo Area Chapter (AAC) of the NSS but was turned down by the grotto because he was considered too young. Undeterred, he become an NSS member, #12468, before being accepted by the AAC at age 15. His membership application noted that he had visited 20 non-commercial caves, had been a member of the original San Antonio Grotto, had 20 feet of 7/16" manila rope, and was most interested in exploring, locating, geology, mapping. He spent many years caring for his ailing parents in the 1990's and up until his mom passed away in 2011. He didn't do much caving for the years he was caring for his parents, and by the time they were gone his health had declined to the point where he couldn't do much. He constantly emailed his friends with humorous, goofy, and even insulting emails numerous times each day, and when those emails stopped, and he wouldn't answer his phone, one of his friends went to his house. When he didn't get a response, he called the police who eventually discovered Scott dead inside. Kurt organized a very nice memorial gathering on 16 April 2015 of over 30 people that included Scott's family and many friends. George Veni, PhD Executive Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) and President, International Union of Speleology (UIS) NCKRI address (primary) 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220 USA Office: +575-887-5517 Mobile: +210-863-5919 Fax: +575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org<mailto:gv...@nckri.org> www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org/> UIS address Titov trg 2 Postojna, 6230 Slovenia www.uis-speleo.org<http://www.uis-speleo.org/> From: Texascavers On Behalf Of Reddell, James R Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 19:22 To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 : accidentally hit send: Scott Harden made numerous important collections of cave invertebrates in Texas. Four species have been named for him: Mexiweckelia hardeni - amphipod Speocirolana hardeni - isopod Lirceolus hardeni - isopod Texella hardeni - harvestman He was the first Texas biologist to explore the interstitial fauna in the bed of creeks where he found stygobitic flatworms, isopods, amphipods, and other fauna. James From: Texascavers mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com>> on behalf of Reddell, James R mailto:jreddell.ca...@austin.utexas.edu>> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:17 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com> mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 : Scott Harden made numerous important collections of cave invertebrates in Texas. Four species have been named for him: Mexiweckelia hardeni - amphipod From: Texascavers mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com>> on behalf of Jerry mailto:jerryat...@aol.com>> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 6:28 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com> mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>> Subject: [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 : >From Kurt Menking : Scott Harden, and active Caver, Geologist, Biologist, Mountain climber, and a friend passed away last week. He was a graduate from UT and a very active caver in the 70-80's. He spent a few years caving in the Austin area, made numerous trips to Mexico, then moved back to San Antonio, and was actively caving there for many years. He spent many years caring for his ailing parent in the 90's and up until his mom died in 2011. His health had been declining over the past few years. He constantly emailed his friends with humorous, goofy, and insulting emails numerous times each day, and when those emails stopped, and he wouldn't answer his phone several of us were concerned. One of his friends went to his house, and after he didn't get a response, he called the police who eventually discovered Scott dead inside. I am plannin
Re: [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 :
accidentally hit send: Scott Harden made numerous important collections of cave invertebrates in Texas. Four species have been named for him: Mexiweckelia hardeni - amphipod Speocirolana hardeni - isopod Lirceolus hardeni - isopod Texella hardeni - harvestman He was the first Texas biologist to explore the interstitial fauna in the bed of creeks where he found stygobitic flatworms, isopods, amphipods, and other fauna. James From: Texascavers on behalf of Reddell, James R Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:17 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 : Scott Harden made numerous important collections of cave invertebrates in Texas. Four species have been named for him: Mexiweckelia hardeni - amphipod From: Texascavers on behalf of Jerry Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 6:28 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 : >From Kurt Menking : Scott Harden, and active Caver, Geologist, Biologist, Mountain climber, and a friend passed away last week. He was a graduate from UT and a very active caver in the 70-80’s. He spent a few years caving in the Austin area, made numerous trips to Mexico, then moved back to San Antonio, and was actively caving there for many years. He spent many years caring for his ailing parent in the 90’s and up until his mom died in 2011. His health had been declining over the past few years. He constantly emailed his friends with humorous, goofy, and insulting emails numerous times each day, and when those emails stopped, and he wouldn’t answer his phone several of us were concerned. One of his friends went to his house, and after he didn’t get a response, he called the police who eventually discovered Scott dead inside. I am planning to host a memorial / celebration of his life at my house Saturday April 18th starting at 6:30pm. Anyone interested please RSVP so we’ll know how to contact you with more details as we get closer. Kurt 3/19/2015 See attached photo . Jerry Atkinson. -Original Message- From: William R. Elliott To: texascavers Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2019 1:56 pm Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Administrative BS Preston, Carol and all, Thanks for notifying me about departed cavers or, in one case, an epigrapher who worked in caves. I really can't do much with that unless you can send me a write-up, document, link, or image. I spend a lot of time researching dead cavers as it is, and some day I will give it up and pass it on to someone. So I need help. Does anyone know when Scott Harden died? I searched many years of AMCS, Texas Caver, NSS News, and found nothing about his death. I probably received an email a few years back when it happened, but my email address changed three times since then, so... But I know these people mean something to many of us who were born in the last millenium... Thank you, William R. (Bill) Elliott speodes...@gmail.com 573-291-5093 cell On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 1:17 PM PRESTON FORSYTHE wrote: Michael Coe, 90. Mayan codex, oldest western hemisphere book decoder, died.. "Book" found in a cave. Preston Forsythe Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 12:06 AM, Logan wrote: ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 :
Scott Harden made numerous important collections of cave invertebrates in Texas. Four species have been named for him: Mexiweckelia hardeni - amphipod From: Texascavers on behalf of Jerry Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 6:28 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 : >From Kurt Menking : Scott Harden, and active Caver, Geologist, Biologist, Mountain climber, and a friend passed away last week. He was a graduate from UT and a very active caver in the 70-80’s. He spent a few years caving in the Austin area, made numerous trips to Mexico, then moved back to San Antonio, and was actively caving there for many years. He spent many years caring for his ailing parent in the 90’s and up until his mom died in 2011. His health had been declining over the past few years. He constantly emailed his friends with humorous, goofy, and insulting emails numerous times each day, and when those emails stopped, and he wouldn’t answer his phone several of us were concerned. One of his friends went to his house, and after he didn’t get a response, he called the police who eventually discovered Scott dead inside. I am planning to host a memorial / celebration of his life at my house Saturday April 18th starting at 6:30pm. Anyone interested please RSVP so we’ll know how to contact you with more details as we get closer. Kurt 3/19/2015 See attached photo . Jerry Atkinson. -Original Message- From: William R. Elliott To: texascavers Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2019 1:56 pm Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Administrative BS Preston, Carol and all, Thanks for notifying me about departed cavers or, in one case, an epigrapher who worked in caves. I really can't do much with that unless you can send me a write-up, document, link, or image. I spend a lot of time researching dead cavers as it is, and some day I will give it up and pass it on to someone. So I need help. Does anyone know when Scott Harden died? I searched many years of AMCS, Texas Caver, NSS News, and found nothing about his death. I probably received an email a few years back when it happened, but my email address changed three times since then, so... But I know these people mean something to many of us who were born in the last millenium... Thank you, William R. (Bill) Elliott speodes...@gmail.com 573-291-5093 cell On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 1:17 PM PRESTON FORSYTHE wrote: Michael Coe, 90. Mayan codex, oldest western hemisphere book decoder, died.. "Book" found in a cave. Preston Forsythe Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 12:06 AM, Logan wrote: ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Scott Harden obituary - 2015 :
From Kurt Menking : Scott Harden, and active Caver, Geologist, Biologist,Mountain climber, and a friend passed away last week. He was a graduate from UT and a very activecaver in the 70-80’s. He spent a fewyears caving in the Austin area, made numerous trips to Mexico, then moved backto San Antonio, and was actively caving there for many years. He spent many years caring for his ailing parent in the 90’sand up until his mom died in 2011. Hishealth had been declining over the past few years. He constantly emailed his friends withhumorous, goofy, and insulting emails numerous times each day, and when thoseemails stopped, and he wouldn’t answer his phone several of us wereconcerned. One of his friends went tohis house, and after he didn’t get a response, he called the police whoeventually discovered Scott dead inside. I am planning to host a memorial / celebration of his lifeat my house Saturday April 18th starting at 6:30pm. Anyone interested please RSVP so we’ll knowhow to contact you with more details as we get closer. Kurt3/19/2015 See attached photo . Jerry Atkinson. -Original Message- From: William R. Elliott To: texascavers Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2019 1:56 pm Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Administrative BS Preston, Carol and all, Thanks for notifying me about departed cavers or, in one case, an epigrapher who worked in caves. I really can't do much with that unless you can send me a write-up, document, link, or image. I spend a lot of time researching dead cavers as it is, and some day I will give it up and pass it on to someone. So I need help. Does anyone know when Scott Harden died? I searched many years of AMCS, Texas Caver, NSS News, and found nothing about his death. I probably received an email a few years back when it happened, but my email address changed three times since then, so... But I know these people mean something to many of us who were born in the last millenium... Thank you, William R. (Bill) Elliott speodesmus@gmail.com573-291-5093 cell On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 1:17 PM PRESTON FORSYTHE wrote: Michael Coe, 90. Mayan codex, oldest western hemisphere book decoder, died.. "Book" found in a cave. Preston Forsythe Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 12:06 AM, Logan wrote: ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers