Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News

2020-07-21 Thread Paul Adams
Dear Bob, Many thanks for posting this memory of Ward. It was such a sad shock to learn of his passing. Like many of the newsgroup readers I remember Ward as an outstanding colleague and program manager. It was my pleasure to talk with him regularly as my point of contact for Phenix and ALS-E

Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News

2020-07-20 Thread Robert Stroud
I am deeply saddened to hear of Ward’s passing. He was a friend to many of us and a tremendous supporter of structural biology. I knew him since his time at Michigan. He championed the ways through applications of new innovations throughout the era of synchrotron technologies and increasing awar

Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News

2020-07-20 Thread Debanu Das
It is very saddening to hear this news. It took me a couple of days to wrap my head around it and write. Thank you for this obituary Bob, which captures so eloquently the breadth of all of Ward's remarkable engagements and contributions. I interacted with him a few times over the course of the Pr

Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News

2020-07-19 Thread James Holton
Ward was the Program Official for all my grants!  My life will not be the same without him.  He was always so supportive and helpful with advice on how to navigate the sometimes convoluted system that is the NIH.  From the Protein Structure Initiative to today his hard work has made possible my

Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News

2020-07-19 Thread Fischmann, Thierry
It’s with much sadness that I learn of Ward’s passing. To add to Bob’s message: Ward was elected as Chair of the IMCA’s supervisory Board. He lead us through some difficult decisions, and always with a great sense of humor Thierry > On Jul 18, 2020, at 7:36 AM, Sweet, Robert > <27e0eb9d2

Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News

2012-02-29 Thread Charles Ballard
Dear All the message originated from a yahoo account that had been registered since 2007. We have delisted the account. Charles Ballard CCP4 On 28 Feb 2012, at 17:46, William G. Scott wrote: > I thought it was some sort of allegory for tenure-track faculty positions. > > > -- Bill > > >

Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News

2012-02-28 Thread William G. Scott
I thought it was some sort of allegory for tenure-track faculty positions. -- Bill On Feb 28, 2012, at 7:16 AM, Gerard Bricogne wrote: > Dear Smita, > > For me, your story mostly illustrates the grave dangers of wanting to > own a BMW while still in high school ... ;-) . > > > Wit

Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News, Defend our CCP4BB community

2012-02-28 Thread Debasish Chattopadhyay
, February 28, 2012 11:13 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News, Defend our CCP4BB community Dear all, I see that the CCP4BB community is becoming less pure due to our failure to post structure determination-oriented inquiries and questions that can't be answer

Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News, Defend our CCP4BB community

2012-02-28 Thread Wenhua Zhang
Dear all, I see that the CCP4BB community is becoming less pure due to our failure to post structure determination-oriented inquiries and questions that can't be answered by googling them. Let's filter our questions before attempting to post. Wenhua On 2/28/2012 4:16 PM, Gerard Bricogn

Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News

2012-02-28 Thread Gerard Bricogne
Dear Smita, For me, your story mostly illustrates the grave dangers of wanting to own a BMW while still in high school ... ;-) . With best wishes, Gerard. -- On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 09:02:42AM -0600, Smita Mohanty wrote: > Yes, this is of course a scam. My husband wa

Re: [ccp4bb] Sad News

2012-02-28 Thread Smita Mohanty
Yes, this is of course a scam. My husband was almost duped by someone who wrote in the name of a close friend saying that he got mugged in Europe and to send money to return to USA. My husband of course was ready to send for his colleague but just gave a call to his friend to make this not a scam.