ES&T honored Professor Werner Stumm, the father of aquatic chemistry, by dedicating a special October 1998 issue of the journal to him. Subsequently, he was presented with a plaque, a framed reproduction of the editorial appearing in that issue of the journal. Shown together from left to right with Professor Stumm on that occasion are Laura Sigg of the Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG) in Duebendorf; Alexander Zehnder, Director of EAWAG and ES&TAdvisory Board member; Barbara Sulzberger, EAWAG; Professor Werner Stumm, EAWAG, shown holding plaque; Bernhard Wehrli, EAWAG; Rene Schwarzenbach, EAWAG and ES&T Advisory Board member; and Dieter Imboden, professor of environmental physics at the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, Zurich.
Environmental Science & Technology sadly notes the passing away on April 14th of Werner Stumm, the father of aquatic chemistry. Emeritus Professor of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and corecipient of the 1999 Stockholm Water Prize, which he was to share with James J. Morgan, his long-time colleague and friend. Stumm, 74, leaves behind in the field of science many devoted students and colleagues who loved him dearly both for the quality of the science that he developed and for the warm individual and friend that he was to all of them. The echo of his pioneering "footsteps" in the research laboratories and libraries of science will long provide a foundation for our understanding of the behavior of the natural world,
Here in Washington, we also sadly note the passing away on April 16th of Sharon Beale, who for more than seven years years was integral to the production of ES&T through her excellent work as an electronic composition specialist in the Publishing and Creative Services Department of the American Chemical Society. She worked courageously and conscientiously in performing her duties, with an abiding sense of humor, until her illness overcame her. Sharon, 39, was a good friend to all of us. She will be missed and fondly remembered.
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