Rob van der Voo

While a grad student at Michigan, I was one of Rob's teaching assistants at Camp Davis in 1974. The next year I was his teaching assistant in setting up and conducting a three week field trip in western Europe (from the Cliffs of Dover, to the Paris Basin, Jura Alps, central Switzerland to Venice, and the Rhine graben, western Germany. While on the field trip a passengers'side front wheel sheared off, but no harm to anyone. I continued driving the van after the wheel was "sorta" put on, only...

I am so saddened to hear this news. Professor van der Voo was one of my favorite professors and I took two of his courses. Over twenty five years since graduating I still love geology and wonder how different my life would have been had I followed a career in the field. Rest in peace Professor

We enjoyed seeing Rob and Tanya at the Schacht's annual parties. Yes, he was modest, as we did not know of his successes. Our condolences to Tanya and his sons and their families.

Rob was direct, with purpose and always teaching. Most importantly he was a full-time student of life, culture, people and rocks. We all need to ensure we carry that posture forward, it makes us all better. Putting yourself all over this planet doesn't matter much, if you don't learn and teach from those experiences. He did all those big things very well. To be fair, his (and Ben's) Pangea United recommendation for the department intramural soccer team was the best ever! I became a...

My sincere condolences to the Van der Voo family. I met Rob when I went to work as a secretary in the geology department (1972-1979). Back then it was known as Geology and Mineralogy. He was a very nice, quiet young man and I remember his dark hair, blue eyes and ever present cigar. I recall one time I did some work for him and I was rewarded with a very nice thank you note and a shiny apple. It was a pleasure to have met and worked with Rob.