Open AccessJohn B. “Jack” Townshend (1927–2012)
Author(s) -
Love Jeffrey J.,
Finn Carol A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo500005
Subject(s) - public servant , duration (music) , servant , observatory , government (linguistics) , personality , gerontology , history , art history , management , engineering , art , psychology , medicine , political science , psychoanalysis , law , literature , philosophy , astronomy , physics , linguistics , software engineering , economics
Jack Townshend, geophysicist and dedicated public servant, died on 13 August 2012 in Fairbanks, Alaska. He was 85. Jack's career with the federal government, most of it with the national magnetic observatory program, spanned more than six solar cycles of time, and he retired only days before his death. The duration of Jack's career encompassed an important period in the history of the advancement of our understanding of the Earth. Jack's career of contributions, his life, and his personality are worthy of retrospective celebration.