Richard R. Doell

Dear Janet,
Although we only met once and you probably do not remember me, I knew dick moderately well. Like Dick, I was a student of John Verhoogen’s at the University of California at Berkeley. Dick’s numerous contributions to paleomagnetism are well known and respected. Less well known was how helpful Dick was to many of us in our careers. Unlike most of us, Dick’s humility was such that you could easily forget he was one of the greatest earth scientists of the 20th century.
We will...

Janet, there's nothing I can say that will make any difference, but for what it's worth I'd like to add my most sincere condolences to all the others who I know you must have received.
I did send the sad news to a couple of others I thought might not be on your list.
Best personal regards, Dick Tagg

We extend to Janet Doell and the family of our good friend, Richard Doell, our heartfelt sympathy on his passing. He will be greatly missed by them and by all who knew him as a kind and generous human being and a creative scientist. He helped and inspired his colleagues in his chosen field of research. He was truly a multi-talented man who accomplished much in his various endeavours. His contributions as a scientist profoundly changed our understanding of the history and dynamics of Earth...