Eugene DOMACK Ph.D.

There is a great emptiness left by Genes passing.
Gene was an excellent scientist, an inspiring mentor and a very good friend with a great sense of humor. A truly giving person, he wanted to see others succeed. I will always remember how he filled with enthusiasm every part of his life.
It was an honour and pleasure to work with you, to be your friend and to share very good times with you and your family. Good bye, Gene.

I met Gene just last summer, when he came to Madison and offered to teach a summer course here at the Nelson Institute at UW. I was inspired and impressed. We were looking forward to spending more time with him. He was gracious, generous with his time, and his commitment to students was unmistakable. My condolences to the whole family.

My deepest condolences, Judi and Maddie. You both know how instrumental Gene was to my career in science. Sailing together to Antarctica in 2012 led to both of our families moving down the street from one another in 2014! What more can be said of his influence? Plenty - beyond me Gene's career contributed to the formation of many productive and impactful scientists in our field. I wish we had had more time to work productively together.

A great colleague and an inspiration to many students. He will be sorely missed.

Gene was a great help and collaborator over many years. We met at a conference in 1987 and again in 1989. In 1992 when I had to put together an Antarctic marine geoscience program with limited resources, Gene's ideas and support was invaluable. We went south together in 1997 on what was one of my favorite surveys. Everyone who was on that voyage remembers the great science and the fun we had of which Gene was a central part. Subsequent attempts to work together didn't come off as planned and we were really looking forward to this year's survey and the follow up work. His deep knowledge and experience will be greatly missed.

I met Eugene long time ago, when I share a wonderful experience with him and with the Australian colleagues on board the Aurora Australis vessel, in 1997-98, in Antartica. I soon realized that Gene was a really bright scientists and I felt lucky to discuss with him about how "decoding" the different data we were collecting. That was a multidisciplinary cruise, when we were combining geophysical and geological data and trying to understand the environmental system, by looking at its different aspects. Gene was able to change time and space scales, very easily, by focusing on small processes and zooming out on the overall system, then assembling all information like in a big puzzle. I really learned a lot from him since weve met and I will keep a nice memory of all the other opportunities we had, later, to discuss and publish together about Antarctica. Eugenes premature death has been a big loss for the all Antarctic community.

Good by Gene

Laura De Santis

I first met Gene in 2004. I was finishing my PhD and took great inspiration from his encouraging words about my work. What struck me then and ever since, was how enthusiastic he was about Antarctic science and as a junior researcher just starting out this was a real inspiration. From this meeting I was fortunate enough to sail with Gene to Antarctica on my first research cruise and I will be will be forever grateful to him for giving me this opportunity. To spend time with him at sea - in his element - was a real privilege and I learned so much from seeing him work. Since this time I have been fortunate to count Gene as a colleague and friend and I will greatly miss his insight, encouragement and friendship.

We knew and respected Gene not only as a scientist,but as a valuable colleague and friend at Hamilton College. His incisive, clear-headed intelligence and humor, his remarkable ability to see through balderdash, and his warm friendship (cemented in those memorable Super Bowl parties) are all part of fond memories held dear by Susan and I. Oh Judi, our deepest condolences to you and Maddie. We're thinking of you.

I am so grateful to have had Gene as a professor, mentor, colleague, and friend. He shared his love of Antarctica with me, a gift I will cherish forever. Gene is dearly missed.

Gene was one of my first graduate students and I knew very early that he was destined for greatness given his tremendous love for science. It was not long before his strong creative instincts began to surface, culminating in his first paper that was published in Nature. He subsequently established himself as a great teacher and mentor while establishing himself as a globally recognized scientist. What is most impressive is that Gene made significant scientific contributions working with undergraduate students, some of whom have gone on to become productive researchers. I have taken great pride in watching him aspire to the highest level of scientific achievement.

Above all else, Gene was my friend and l was fortunate enough to spend many hours with him in the field and on ships exploring Antarcticas offshore environment. I am proud to have been his graduate mentor, but can claim little credit for his achievements. He was a special person and great scientist. His legacy will live on and his works will inspire future scientists for decades to come. I will miss him very much.

John Anderson

I met and talked with Gene at many conferences over the past 30 years and always found him insightful and inspiring. His passing is a great loss to the scientific community.

Good bye, Eugene.

Two years ago, we had a beer together at AGU
and we planned interesting projects in Antarctica.
Some are coming now, but you passed away too early!

Gene introduced me to Antarctica for which I am forever grateful. He was truly a very gifted research scientist. I am sadden by his passing.

I learned a lot from Eugene, and I am very saddened that he has gone. I will miss the conversations I had with him at various meetings and conferences but I am grateful that I met him.

Gene will be missed as a scientist and colleague who provided major insights and field opportunities to many, many people in the fields of Antarctic geology and oceanography. I continue to cite his groundbreaking studies of Antarctic fjords.

I first met Gene about years ago at an Antarctic meeting in S. Korea. His energy was amazing and we immediately connected scientifically. This meeting led to a research grant to drill through the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and sample Subglacial Lake Mercer. The grant (SALSA=Subglacial Antarctic Lake Scientific Access) was funded (I am Chief Scientist and Gene was on the Executive Committee) and we are planning to drill in January 2019. Gene's energy will be sadly missed during the project, but I can assure you that his legacy as a great polar scientist will continue as we apply his ideas to answer globally important questions about climate history. Gene may not be with us now, but his legacy will continue---------Written on behalf of all of the SALSA team.

Good bye dear friend. It has been a pleasure sharing bits of our lives. We have learned a lot from your attitude towards science, and life.

I will be forever indebted to Gene for the opportunities he provided to me that led to my success. We shared some good times as colleagues and friends - he will be greatly missed.

Good bye, Eugene.

The last time we met was years ago in Milwaukee when I picked you up at the train station downtown Milwaukee terminal and drove you home.

Your cousin,

Tim

I had two wonderful cruises to Antarctica with Gene in the late 1990's. I enjoyed working with him and sharing ideas about the Antarctic - he will be greatly missed by us all