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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m sorry to hear this. Sandra was a wonderful colleague. She will be greatly missed. Tim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Timothy D. Schowalter, Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Department of Entomology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Cell: 225-252-5226<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> luq [mailto:luq-bounces@lists.lternet.edu] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Gonzalez, Grizelle -FS<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 15, 2017 7:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> LUQ-LTER (luq@lternet.edu)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LTER-luq] Passing of Dr. Sandra Brown<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">With much respect, sharing the sad news. May she rest in peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">p: 787-764-7800
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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 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"><i>Dr. Sandra Brown passed away at her home in Wales on February 13, 2017.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">She received a Conservation Award from us during the 75th Anniversary celebration, which was the last time she visited us.
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<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 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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