Harvard Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Charles Bigelow
Longtime Alaska resident Charles G. "Riz" Bigelow passed away on Aug. 5, 2018, in Lewiston, Idaho, at the age of 87. Riz was born in Barre, Vt., on May 2, 1931. He was one of four children born to Vernon and Marcella Bigelow. His family moved to northwest Washington in the late 1940s. Riz found himself in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1952, which led to a lifelong love of the outdoors and his extraordinary productive career in mineral deposit exploration geology. Riz was preceded in death by his...
