May God bless you and your...
I was one of a group of Stanford Earth Sciences graduate students who had the good fortune to take classes from Jake in the 1980s. He was brilliant, extremely well-organized, and an inspiration. He was also formidable. A scientist's scientist.
I mourn his passing, and I'm grateful for having had the opportunity to know him, and to learn from him.
Ken Belitz
October 27, 2007 | Del Mar, CA