<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Thanks Dave. </div><div><br></div><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 id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> David Kaufman <<a href="mailto:dvkanth2010@GMAIL.COM">dvkanth2010@GMAIL.COM</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> Siouan Linguistics <<a href="mailto:SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu">SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Monday, February 24, 2014 2:01 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu">SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Sad news<br></div><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></span></body></html>