Sad news

[Greer, Jill]

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] On Behalf Of Trechter, Sara
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 2:19 PM
To: SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu
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>> 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>> 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

From: David Kaufman <dvkanth2010 at GMAIL.COM<mailto:dvkanth2010 at GMAIL.COM>>
Reply-To: Siouan Linguistics <SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu<mailto:SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu>>
Date: Monday, February 24, 2014 2:01 PM

To: <SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu<mailto: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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