[IGSMAIL-6011]: Werner Gurtner

[Carey Noll]

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IGS Electronic Mail      27 Oct 14:02:43 PDT 2009      Message Number 6011
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Author: Mike Pearlman and Carey Noll/ILRS Central Bureau

We are very sad to inform you that our colleague Werner
Gurtner passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2009 after
a long illness. Werner was the chair of the ILRS Governing
Board since 2002 and one of the founding members of the
IGS. He was responsible for the development of the SLR
station at Zimmerwald. Werner was also a key author of
the RINEX format which he continued to work on until very
recently. He will be greatly missed by the global geodetic
community.

Mike and Carey.
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Ms. Carey Noll
Manager, Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau
NASA GSFC
Code 690
Greenbelt, MD 20771
USA

E-mail:  Carey.Noll at nasa.gov
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