Albert Arch Dekin Jr.

Al,

I am so sorry to hear about your father's passing. Our thouhgts and prayers are with you and your family.

Ed Simpson

Kelly and family,

I am shocked and so very saddened by your father's passing. Your dad was such a wonderful person, and he was a "faux father" for me when I needed one. And after reading his obituary, it's clear that he helped many young people in exactly the same way.

Your family will be in my thoughts and prayers in the coming weeks...

Michele

To Al's family and friends. Al was my professor in the 70's,and, a professional mentor in the 2000's.

He shared his intelligence and wisdom to all he encountered, and he will be missed and remembered by his students.

When in his class he made the Alaskan pipeline experince come to life.

This will take you way back, I remember meeting with him in his office in the late 70's asking him to be my independent study professor, and I was so in awe of him because he...

To the Dekin family....my thoughts and prayers are with you. So sorry to hear of the passing of your father. May God Bless your entire family.

In Memory of Albert Arch Dekin Jr.

May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine upon your face. May the rains fall softly upon your fields and until we meet again, may the Lord hold you in the palm of his hand.

Deke, Kelly, Kerry and Kirsten:
I am so sorry to hear of your father's passing. You are all in my thoughts and prayers. Treasure the memories.

Kerry, Kirsten & Family,
My thoughts and prayers are with your family at this time.
Chris (Travis) Maloney

Deke, Kelly, Kerry and Kristen - I am so sorry to hear about your father. I was very lucky to have known him, studying with him at Potsdam and Binghamton. Al was a friend and a major influence on my career. I remember all of us when we were much younger, while I was a student at Potsdam in the early 70s. Many pleasant visits to the house (and that very large dog you had -Sam?). He was so proud of you kids. He is greatly missed, yet truly lives on in the many, many lives he touched.

I did not know Prof. Dekin very well and only met him a handful of times at the university, but he was always such a genuinely thoughtful and caring person. As he was cleaning out his lab, he gave some of the PAF staff and grad students a few of this older trowels. I'll think about him whenever I use it in the field. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends