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In Memoriam

AAPS has been around since 1977, and it is today as it has always been, the members and friends that make the Association what it is. So many have contributed towards the science of paleontology and silently passed on without much notice. They worked in the background, collecting, preparing, mounting specimens, funding scientific research and donating specimens and they should be remembered for what they have accomplished in life.

We have listed the beginning of the AAPS Tributes, and hope that you will visit each page to read about each person’s accomplishments.

“What Matters Most is the Dash Between the Years”
James R. Welch1951 – 1988Memorial
Vito Bertucci1956 – 2004Memorial
René Martinus Vandervelde1935 – 2006Memorial
A. Allen Graffham1918 – 2009Memorial
Dan Rigel1928 – 2010Memorial/Grant
David Thomas Lindgren1981 – 2011Memorial
Bonnie Finney1955 – 2013Memorial
Thomas Whitherspoon Sr.1930 – 2014Memorial
Steve Sacrison1956 – 2014Memorial
Ron Cauble1940 – 2014Memorial
William A “Bill” Cobban1916 – 2015Memorial
Victor E. Porter1959 – 2016Memorial
Hugh Rose1926 – 2017Memorial
John Pojeta Jr.1935 – 2017Memorial
Dennis Daniel Murphy1934 – 2017Memorial
Riccardo Levi-Setti1927 – 2018Memorial
William H. Mason III1932 – 2020Memorial
Ronald Paul Ratkevich1948 – 2020Memorial
Viola “Vi” Haviland1938 – 2021Memorial
Nelson Ralph Maniscalco1949 – 2021Memorial
Thomas Witherspoon1959 – 2021Memorial
David Kronen1942 – 2022Memorial
William “Bill” Carmona1943 – 2022Memorial
Gene Harris1938 – 2022Memorial
Dr. Alan G. Schaffert1952 – 2022Memorial
Gary R. Olson? – 2022Memorial Unavailable
Joe David Taylor1944 – 2023Memorial
Dr. Donald L. Wolberg1942 – 2023Memorial
Todd Hoelmer1962 – 2024Memorial
Jeff Peterson1962 – 2025Memorial