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Claire Killam Riggs

Austin, Texas

1929 - 2025

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(Iona) Claire Killam Riggs. 1929-2025.Claire died peacefully at home in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.Claire, the daughter of Evangeline and Scott Killam, was born and raised in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada along with her brother Harrison and sister Nancy. She attended Acadia...

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Dear Hal, Ann and Jennifer:
Please accept my deepest condolences for Claire's passing. I feel comfort that she had a full life and lived till the age of 95 years and that she is together with Austen now in heaven.
I was the first graduate student from maintain China in the Riggs' lab. In fall 1988, I wrote to Austen about joining his lab for my doctoral training. This happened at the time when he and Claire were visiting my hometown Shanghai and my alma mater Fudan University as...