[meteorite-list] Tucson 05 Retrospective

From: DNAndrews <DNA1_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Feb 16 00:40:23 2005
Message-ID: <4212DCC5.6060806_at_cableone.net>

Hey Geoff,
I think we have our new Jackass Award Winner for next year. Very
disrespectful "story" indeed.

S. Ray DeRusse wrote:

> Greetings List;
>
> Well, imagine our surprise when we read the thread below. I had a
> personal conversation with the Dean of the TCU geology department in
> which he informed me that among other things, Dr. Ehlmann was "barely
> a geologist and not a very good one at that". He also called him, "an
> old man just waiting to retire," just a menial curator of a meteorite
> collection doing no real research". He said more but I don't
> necessarily agree with everything he Dean said. But it matters not
> much since in my view this award has very little meaning attached to
> it because of the group handing it out. Was there some sort of
> election or nomination procedure involved or posted somewhere? How
> does this little favoritism scheme and showering of affection work for
> a group who even his colleague has bad mouthed him this way. Did you
> include the Dean's viewpoint ? Or did you gather together willy nilly
> to keep misconduct and racism a fertile nesting ground in planetary
> science?
>
>> We're going to make a special "Jackass of the Year" certificate for
>> the person who stole the award, and we'll leave it out on the table
>> next year, so be sure to steal that too. Thanks.
>>
Received on Wed 16 Feb 2005 12:40:21 AM PST