RIP: George Folkerts (November 26, 1938 – December 14, 2007)

Posted on December 17, 2007 by | 1 Comment

George Folkerts was one of those naturalists of the ‘old school’, interested in everything and excited about learning and sharing the knowledge throughout his life. He died on Friday, suddenly and unexpectedly, at the end of a typically busy day at Auburn University.
Anne-Marie was his student, one of thousands who had the privilege to learn from and with Folkerts, and one of those who now has to carry on his work. She wrote about him in two very touching posts: Huge loss on many levels and Classifying grief.

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One response to “RIP: George Folkerts (November 26, 1938 – December 14, 2007)”

  1. Anne-Marie's avatar Anne-Marie | December 18, 2007 at 12:00 am |

    Thanks, Bora. Just as an example of the type of person he was, in the announcements about his funeral his family requested that nobody bring flowers, that if guests wanted to make a gesture they would rather that we make a donation to The Nature Conservancy or plant a native tree in George’s honor.