Sad news

[Lori Stanley]

This is devastating news.  Bob was a superb scholar, but beyond that he was
a kind, compassionate, generous human being.  What a huge loss for his
family, friends, and the community of scholars.



On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:48 PM, ROOD DAVID S <david.rood at colorado.edu>wrote:

> I don't know where to begin.  It was Bob's knowledge and leadership that
> made the Comparative Siouan Dictionary possible.  The emptiness he leaves
> behind is likely never to be filled.
>
> David S. Rood
> Dept. of Linguistics
> Univ. of Colorado
> 295 UCB
> Boulder, CO 80309-0295
> USA
> rood at colorado.edu
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2014, Cumberland, Linda A wrote:
>
>  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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Lori A. Stanley
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