[meteorite-list] Lincoln La Paz, basic bio
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:45 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV116IeqqeRHc0000671e_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0057_01C3A55E.03415CF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Walter and list, Walter wrote: "Seems like I was talking with someone about Canyon Diablo once, maybe it= was Marvin Kilgore, and I thought the person I was talking to told me th= at there was no love lost between La Paz and Nininger. Do you know anyth= ing about this?" It is fair to say that Nininger and La Paz, both born in Kansas....were v= ery bitter towards each other. La Paz taking the classic anti-dealer thi= nking and Nininger thinking more along the line of then equals....work wi= se. =20 Their relationship reached it's limits when La Paz stumbled upon the main= mass of Norton County....which should be a Nebraska Meteorite in my opin= ion...and Nininger was down in the hole already. Nininger had used some = of La Paz's information and La Paz was not happy at all. The farmer deci= ded to auction the meteorite and La Paz (the University of New Mexico) wo= n with the help of funds from Nebraska University. La Paz considered the= winning bid and victory for science. Later when Nininger was studying surface features of meteorites, Nininger= requested some sample on loan from La Paz. As the University of New Mex= ico's goals was to help meteorite science. La Paz made up a request form= that basically said if you sell meteorites for a living, the University = would not loan you any meteorites. =20 While it is easy to understand each person's position it is a shame they = could not work more together. Both helped our loved science very much. Mark ------=_NextPart_001_0057_01C3A55E.03415CF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY BGCOLOR=3D"#ffffff" STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;b= ackground-color:#ffffff; "><DIV>Hello Walter and list,</DIV> <DIV> <= /DIV> <DIV>Walter wrote:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"<FONT face=3DArial= >Seems like I was talking with someone about Canyon Diablo once, maybe it= was Marvin Kilgore, and I thought the person I was talking to told me th= at there was no love lost between La Paz and Nininger. Do you know = anything about this?"</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <D= IV>It is fair to say that Nininger and La Paz, both born in Kansas....wer= e very bitter towards each other. La Paz taking the classic anti-de= aler thinking and Nininger thinking more along the line of then equals...= .work wise. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Their relationship reache= d it's limits when La Paz stumbled upon the main mass of Norton County...= .which should be a Nebraska Meteorite in my opinion...and Nininger was do= wn in the hole already. Nininger had used some of La Paz's informat= ion and La Paz was not happy at all. The farmer decided to auction = the meteorite and La Paz (the University of New Mexico) won with the help= of funds from Nebraska University. La Paz considered the winning b= id and victory for science.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Later when Ninin= ger was studying surface features of meteorites, Nininger requested some = sample on loan from La Paz. As the University of New Mexico's goals= was to help meteorite science. La Paz made up a request form that = basically said if you sell meteorites for a living, the University would = not loan you any meteorites. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>While it = is easy to understand each person's position it is a shame they could not= work more together. Both helped our loved science very much.</DIV>= <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0057_01C3A55E.03415CF0-- Received on Fri 07 Nov 2003 07:36:09 PM PST |
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