Remembrances
Arthur Bernard Coulter, passed
away on the morning of 25 July 2010 from complications arising from a
severe heart attack he suffered earlier that week. He was born on
the 20 September 1920 and graduated
from Michigan State University in 1938 with a Bachelor of Science in
Geology. His son asked that we share this with
the NWGS community.
Celebration of the Life for Mr. A.B.C.
M. Gordon
Wolman, a professor of geography at Johns Hopkins University for
more than 50 years, died February 24, 2010 at his Baltimore home. He
was 85. Known by everyone as "Reds" for his bright shock of hair
(which eventually became gray), Dr. Wolman was reportedly as beloved
by his students as he was famous for his scientific
contributions -- and that's
saying a lot.
As a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist during the 1950s, he and his
colleague Luna Leopold published pioneering
studies on how and why rivers change -- studies that are now the
foundation for modern
water-resources management
and river restoration and engineering. The pair
wrote, with John
Miller, the 1964 textbook
"Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology,"
considered a seminal work.