<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>This is truly sad. I will miss his thoughtfulness and his great BS detection. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Feb 24, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Mcbride, Justin" <<a href="mailto:jtmcbri@OSTATEMAIL.OKSTATE.EDU">jtmcbri@OSTATEMAIL.OKSTATE.EDU</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">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</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 2:08 PM, John P. Boyle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jpboyle@languageconservancy.org" target="_blank">jpboyle@languageconservancy.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>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.</div><div>
<br></div><div>John Boyle</div><div><br></div><span><div style="border-right:medium none;padding-right:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-top:3pt;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;border-bottom:medium none;font-family:Calibri;border-top:#b5c4df 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;border-left:medium none">
<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> David Kaufman <<a href="mailto:dvkanth2010@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">dvkanth2010@GMAIL.COM</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> Siouan Linguistics <<a href="mailto:SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu" target="_blank">SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Monday, February 24, 2014 2:01 PM<div class=""><br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu" target="_blank">SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Sad news<br></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear all,<br><br></div>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.<br>
<br></div>I am extremely grateful that I got to visit Bob a couple of weeks ago. <br><br></div>Sincerely,<br><br></div>Dave<br><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>David Kaufman</div><div>Linguistic Anthropology PhD candidate, University of Kansas<br>
</div>Director, Kaw Nation Language Program<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div>
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