Andrew-Godfrey-Obituary

Andrew Godfrey

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Andrew Godfrey 1940 ~ 2006 Andrew (Andy) Godfrey, 66, geologist and teacher, died early August 18, 2006 at the University of Utah Medical Center from complications following surgery July 27 for a brain tumor. Andy, and his wife Marie whom he leaves behind, had been residents of South Ogden for 14...

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Andy helped set me straight in my thinking about the landscape development of the Henry Mountains when I was a grad student a few decades ago. He was a strong defender of CB Hunts work and provided invaluable insights to the geomorphology community. I went on to follow in his footsteps, teaching surficial processes at Vanderbilt U. My condolences to his dear ones.

I enjoyed Andy's company and collaboration on presenting the Yellowstone Hotspot story. Andy had a grerat knowledge on landscapes and how they formed.

On behalf of the geomorphology list, of which he was a longtime member, we are truly sorry at his passing and send our deepest heartfelt condolences.

Andy in Death Valley on Charlie Hunt field trip, ca 1971

Andy was a friend for many, many years. I most enjoyed his sense of humor, and love of geomorphology. We were fellow graduate students at Hopkins, but he left the year I arrived. We still grew to know one another by a variety of ways, including the photo I am adding. It is of Andy in Death Valley about 1971. He had joined the Charlie Hunt field trip. Wayne Newell, Bert Swan, and I had driven from Maryland to Death Valley for the trip (Wayne insisting that we drive no faster than 55 in his...