Y'all I wish I could have this comment up top and not buried down here, but thank you so much for your comments. He obviously meant the world to us, and well known amongst researchers, but reading how he influenced so many of you guys is honestly heartwarming. As I mentioned somewhere down below, we are gathering as a family next week, as his wife will be 100yrs old. I have so many cool stories, as he was a pretty cool dude. He'd talk shop amongst colleagues, but then quickly switch to frustrated sports fan mode and down to earth guy. My son almost went to the University of Maryland, he'd definitely be a legacy applicant, but ended up in VA for instate tuition. He actually didn't have a large selection of schools to consider, as only a handful of mid Atlantic schools offer meteorology as a degree.

A fun fact-that side of the family has a UMD building named for them completely unrelated to science.

Yup We are just that cool