Sad news

Tue Feb 25 00:50:12 UTC 2014

Very sad. He was one of my Master's thesis advisors, and my first teacher of Siouan. My thoughts and prayers will go to him and his family.

Willem de Reuse

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This is absolutely awful.

Scott P. Collins
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From: Lori Stanley <stanleyl at LUTHER.EDU>
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This is devastating news.  Bob was a superb scholar, but beyond that he was a kind, compassionate, generous human being.  What a huge loss for his family, friends, and the community of scholars.

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:48 PM, ROOD DAVID S <david.rood at colorado.edu<mailto:david.rood at colorado.edu>> wrote:
I don't know where to begin.  It was Bob's knowledge and leadership that made the Comparative Siouan Dictionary possible.  The emptiness he leaves behind is likely never to be filled.

David S. Rood
Dept. of Linguistics
Univ. of Colorado
295 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0295
USA
rood at colorado.edu<mailto:rood at colorado.edu>

On Mon, 24 Feb 2014, Cumberland, Linda A wrote:

I can only second the comments of all of you so far. It was my very great privilege to work so closely with Bob on Kaw language for so many years. Despite my neophyte status in comparison to his monumental career, he always treated me as a peer. I will miss our many exchanges, as I know we will all miss his generous and detailed contributions to the List.

Linda Cumberland

Quoting "Greer, Jill" <Greer-J at MSSU.EDU<mailto:Greer-J at MSSU.EDU>>:

A light has gone out for us all.  I would never have studied a Siouan
language if Bob had not used his wonderful powers of persuasion to
convince Louanna Furbee to set aside Mayan languages for a little
while, from a sense of duty of being at Mizzou.   He drove to
Columbia to give us a huge packet of materials, and did a long
workshop of introduction to Siouan linguistics.  And that was just
the beginning.  Not to mention opening his home for so many
gatherings.
So generous, so scholarly, so dedicated.

Truly I?m heartbroken, too.

From: Siouan Linguistics [mailto:SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu<mailto:SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu>] On Behalf
Of Trechter, Sara
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 2:19 PM
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Subject: Re: Sad news

This is truly sad. I will miss his thoughtfulness and his great BS detection.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 24, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Mcbride, Justin"
<jtmcbri at OSTATEMAIL.OKSTATE.EDU<mailto:jtmcbri at OSTATEMAIL.OKSTATE.EDU><mailto:jtmcbri at OSTATEMAIL.OKSTATE.EDU<mailto:jtmcbri at OSTATEMAIL.OKSTATE.EDU>>>
wrote:
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

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 2:08 PM, John P. Boyle
<jpboyle at languageconservancy.org<mailto:jpboyle at languageconservancy.org><mailto:jpboyle at languageconservancy.org<mailto:jpboyle at languageconservancy.org>>>
wrote:
Thanks Dave.

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.

John Boyle

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Subject: Sad news

Dear all,
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.
I am extremely grateful that I got to visit Bob a couple of weeks ago.
Sincerely,
Dave

David Kaufman
Linguistic Anthropology PhD candidate, University of Kansas
Director, Kaw Nation Language Program

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