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    <p>Very sorry to hear about this. She was a good colleague and
      friend of the forest.</p>
    <p>Bob<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/15/2017 6:06 AM, Gonzalez,
      Grizelle -FS wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">With much
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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                              Grizelle González
                              <br>
                              Project Leader<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Sanchez, Lia -FS <b>On
                Behalf Of </b>Lugo, Ariel -FS<br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 14, 2017 8:11 AM<br>
              <b>To:</b> FS-pdl iitf all <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:pdl_iitf_all@ms.fs.fed.us">pdl_iitf_all@ms.fs.fed.us</a>><br>
              <b>Subject:</b> Passing of Dr. Sandra Brown<o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><i>Dr. Sandra Brown passed away at her home
            in Wales on February 13, 2017.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Sandra was a strong Institute collaborator
          who spent time with us in the early 1980s and was responsible
          for many Institute publications dealing with the Luquillo
          Experimental Forest and the global role of tropical forests in
          the carbon cycle.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">She received a Conservation Award from us
          during the 75th Anniversary celebration, which was the last
          time she visited us.
          <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">For a tribute to the scientific career of
          Dr. Brown, visit: ‘CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS WORLD WITHOUT
          FORESTS?’ in
          <span style="color:#1F497D"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.winrock.org/can-you-imagine-this-world-without-forests/">https://www.winrock.org/can-you-imagine-this-world-without-forests/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">May she rest in peace.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Department of Biology
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