Sad news

[Marianne Mithun]

Oh no. This is a terrible, terrible loss. Bob knew so very much, and shared 
so much with all of us. It is just very difficult to believe.

Thank you for letting us know.

Marianne


--On Monday, February 24, 2014 12:19 PM -0800 "Trechter, Sara" 
<STrechter at CSUCHICO.EDU> wrote:

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> This is truly sad. I will miss his thoughtfulness and his great BS
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Feb 24, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Mcbride, Justin"
> <jtmcbri at OSTATEMAIL.OKSTATE.EDU> wrote:
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> I am crushed. I am so sorry to hear this. He was an excellent mentor, a
> joy to work with, and a dear friend. -jtm
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> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 2:08 PM, John P. Boyle
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> Thanks Dave.
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> What a loss.  Bob was such a tremendous figure in the field.  He was
> always generous with his time and comments especially to us younger
> scholars.  He is the reason for who I am today.  I'm heartbroken.
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> John Boyle
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> From: David Kaufman <dvkanth2010 at GMAIL.COM>
> Reply-To: Siouan Linguistics <SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu>
> Date: Monday, February 24, 2014 2:01 PM
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> To: <SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu>
> Subject: Sad news
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> Dear all,
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> It is with much sadness that I let you know that Dr. Robert Rankin has
> passed away.  I don't have any further details at this time, but I can
> pass on more info once I know more.  The Kaw Nation was just contacted
> within the last couple of hours about his passing.
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> I am extremely grateful that I got to visit Bob a couple of weeks ago.
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> Sincerely,
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> Dave
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> David Kaufman
> Linguistic Anthropology PhD candidate, University of Kansas
> Director, Kaw Nation Language Program
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