[meteorite-list] In Memoriam Darryl Futrell

From: Dawn & Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Aug 14 19:31:52 2005
Message-ID: <096301c5a128$425e7ea0$6502a8c0_at_GerryLaptop>

Thank you Paul for sharing the site and information with us.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Harris" <paul_at_meteorite.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] In Memoriam Darryl Futrell


> Thank you Bernd.
>
> Dear List,
> Below is our page in memory of Darryl.
> http://www.meteorite.com/Darryl_Futrell/
>
> We were blessed by only being about an hour away from Darryl.
> He's farther away now, but he'll always remain in our thoughts.
>
> Paul and Jim
>
>
>
> At 02:05 AM 8/14/2005, you wrote:
> >On Monday, August 13, 2001, our esteemed list member and tektite expert,
> >D a r r y l F u t r e l l passed away after years of suffering But his
> >love for tektites, and his enjoyment of this list "kept him going for
over
> >a year and a half as he suffered many things", wrote his daughter Kathy
Lee
> >Barrio to our list on Wednesday, August 15.
> >
> >I still miss him sorely,
> >
> >Bernd
> >
> >
> >Excerpts from the Montebello News, Vol. 70, No. 112, Sunday, March 3,
1985:
> >
> >He follows science's rocky road to moon (by Mary Ann Bolyea)
> >
> >When he was 6, Darryl Futrell had a dream. He was walking down the
southside
> >of Whittier Boulevard east of Goodrich, past what was then a giant vacant
lot
> >when he saw the page of a newspaper blowing along the ground. He stooped
to
> >pick it up, and it began putting him toward the moon, and the moon kept
> >getting
> >bigger and bigger and ... He woke up.
> >
> >Could the nightmare have been prophetic? Did it indicate even then that
> >Futrell's
> >future would revolve around newspapers and the moon? Certainly, in a
> >sense, that's
> >what happened.
> >
> >.. he's been intent on verifying a theory that is moon-focused: he wants
> >to help
> >prove that tektites - natural glass stones that are found in some
> >geographical areas,
> >but nowhere else - come from silicic volcanic eruptions on the moon.
> >
> >If you're not "into" geology like Futrell, the tektite question probably
> >doesn't seem
> >too earth-shaking, but in the scientific world it's a controversy that
has
> >been the
> >subject of several books, more than 1,000 dissertations (Futrell owns 500
> >of these),
> >theses and many barbs.
> >
> >"With many, it's become an emotional issue," Futrell said, "just like a
> >fanatic
> >attachment to a certain make of automobile and their disdain for all
others.
> >
> >Now, Futrell is not an official member of the world of geology. He holds
> >no degree,
> >he is not a professor, but he is an acknowledged expert on the subject of
> >tektites,
> >and owner of one of the top five or 10 tektite collections in the world.
> >
> >Anybody can hand you a bagful of tektites, but Darryl's first rate. He's
> >an intelligent
> >and fascinating person. When he gives you specimens they are carefully
labeled
> >and tell you what to look for. He's read and understands the literature.
> >
> >I saw him at a meeting at Alfred University in 1983 at which he showed
his
> >specimens
> >and it was a very impressive presentation. His collection is better than
> >anything the
> >Smithsonian has. A lot of people, including myself, owe a lot to Futrell.
> >
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