😱😰 Vaya con Xototl, Jim On Mar 24, 2021, at 12:40 PM, Jessica Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:
 I am saddened by the loss of Jim Sansom. We worked together for several years via GeoFORCE Texas, a program designed to inspire future geoscientists. We took high school students to field sites, including Innerspace Cavern. This past Monday, I was talking about what a great opportunity it was for students to be able to go to Inner Space Caverns with Jim Sansom (the second person to enter the cave when it was discovered in the 1960s), Dr. Ernest Lundelius (a vertebrate paleontologist who studies the bones/teeth that were discovered in the cave, including spectacled bear, mammoth, and saber-toothed tiger amongst other Late Pleistocene fauna), and Dr. Jay Banner (who studies the growth rate and geochemistry of speleothems to better understand climate change and hydrogeology). Here is a photo of us with GeoFORCE students in 2008. Jim is standing tall above the rest of us (back left) and Ernie is to the far right. He will be missed, Jessica On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:23 AM William R. Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember Jim Sansom from Inner Space Caverns (Laubach Cave) days, and > geology meetings. Here is a link to Jim's obituary. Thanks Andy. -- Bill > Elliott > > https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/austin-tx/james-sansom-10077121 > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:09 AM <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am sad to report that Jim Sansom, distinguished Austin geologist was lost >> to covid last week. He was a friend of cavers going back to the1960's As a >> young geologist working for the Texas Highway department he was there when >> the core hole into Inner Space caverns was drilled and he was the second >> person lowered into the cave. He was very active in the Austin geologic >> community and many of us younger folks knew him thru the AGS. He was the >> "Grand old man" of the Edwards in that area and will be missed >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> [email protected] | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers -- Jessica Gordon Chairman, Texas Speleological Association [email protected] www.cavetexas.org <YGE 2008 Inner Space Caverns Group Photo.jpg> _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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