Sad news

[Cumberland, Linda A]

I can only second the comments of all of you so far. It was my very 
great privilege to work so closely with Bob on Kaw language for so many 
years. Despite my neophyte status in comparison to his monumental 
career, he always treated me as a peer. I will miss our many exchanges, 
as I know we will all miss his generous and detailed contributions to 
the List.

Linda Cumberland


Quoting "Greer, Jill" <Greer-J at MSSU.EDU>:

> 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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