<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">This an unfathomable loss. Bob defined kindness, intelligence, and scholarliness - all with a dose of good humor and practical good sense.<div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div>Ardis</div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Feb 24, 2014, at 3:01 PM, David Kaufman <<a href="mailto:dvkanth2010@GMAIL.COM">dvkanth2010@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><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 dir="ltr"><div>David Kaufman</div><div>Linguistic Anthropology PhD candidate, University of Kansas<br>
</div>Director, Kaw Nation Language Program<br></div></div>
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