Sad news

[Bryan James Gordon]

This is truly heartbreaking news. Bob was surely the greatest respository
of linguistic knowledge in our tiny little world, and was gregarious in
sharing his knowledge with everybody - community members, baby linguists,
interviewers, anybody who wanted to learn. It seems he did and wrote more
work on Siouan languages than all the rest of us put together, and to top
it off he was a kind and beautiful human being with a delightful wit. I am
shocked that I won't be getting to see him again this year, but glad for
all the times I did see him and catch little pieces of his wisdom. My
deepest condolences to Bob's loved ones, of whom he has a great many.
Washkáⁿiga ho!

Bryan


2014-02-26 19:34 GMT-07:00 Danker, Kathleen <Kathleen.Danker at sdstate.edu>:

>  I am so sorry to hear this. Bob was such a kind man and brilliant
> scholar.
>
> Kathleen Danker
>
>
>
> *From:* Siouan Linguistics [mailto:SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu] *On Behalf Of
> *David Kaufman
> *Sent:* Monday, February 24, 2014 2:01 PM
> *To:* SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu
> *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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Bryan James Gordon, MA
Joint PhD Program in Linguistics and Anthropology
University of Arizona
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