[AgMIP] Re: Professor Herman van Keulen - obituary

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Dear all,

I was working in Israel when Herman came to do his thesis work there =

(building the arid crop model, that added water stress to a herbage =

growth model). That was a long time ago, but I still have very enjoyable =

memories of the time we spent together. He was always enthousiastic and =

a pleasure to spend time with.

Daniel Wallach


Le 20/12/2013 11:52, John Roy Porter a =E9crit :
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> Dear all
>
> Yes he is a sad loss  - but he was a guy who ran at 160 km/hr in =

> everything. I remember being at a meeting with him in the USA when we =

> were discussing with the CERES people how to put bits of various =

> models together to make a 'super' model. He said -- 'you don't make a =

> Rolls Royce out of four broken down Fords!! In these days of AGMIP etc =

> we should remember these wise words.
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> Best wishes
>
> John
>
> Professor John R Porter PhD DSc
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> Climate and Food Security
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> University of Copenhagen
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> Professor of Climate Change and Agriculture, NRI University of =

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> *From:*Ittersum, Martin van [mailto:martin.vanittersum at wur.nl]
> *Sent:* 20. december 2013 10:29
> *To:* 'agmip at lists.agmip.org'; all at macsur.eu
> *Cc:* Ittersum, Martin van; Giller, Ken
> *Subject:* Professor Herman van Keulen - obituary
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> With sadness we write to inform you that Herman van Keulen passed away =

> on the 16th December. A short obituary is attached.
>
> Please pass this message on to colleagues, if appropriate.
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> 2010_06120126
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> With best wishes,
>
> Martin van Ittersum and Ken Giller
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> Prof. Dr.ir. Martin K. van Ittersum
> Wageningen University
> Plant Production Systems
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