[meteorite-list] Ivan "Skip" Wilson

From: al mitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:05:16 -0400
Message-ID: <B66D136E9E9B459D95BA8EC8BF9D912B_at_StarmanPC>

Greetings Dr. Moore and all,

I've heard of C.U. Shepard after having visited the ASU Collection. Good
candidates for sure.

--AL Mitterling


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carleton Moore" <CMoore at asu.edu>
To: "Robert Woolard" <meteoritefinder at yahoo.com>; <mikewren at gilanet.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ivan "Skip" Wilson


> All these comments are very interesting. What about C U shepard and Hugh
> Howard? Anyone heard of them??
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> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com on behalf of Robert
> Woolard
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> To: mikewren at gilanet.com
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> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ivan "Skip" Wilson
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> Michael and List,
>
> Michael, you wrote in part, :
>
> " Some of you know him, some of you have heard of him and
> many of the newer members of this list should know about
> him."
>
> "Ivan Skip Wilson is one of the most successful meteorite
> hunters in the world."
>
> " He is a kind man and he shared his wealth of information with me. A
> remarkable human being who is always sharing stories,
> generous with his meteorite knowledge and gifted at finding
> lots of meteorites."
>
>
> I just want to add that I couldn't agree more! I first read of Skip in
> a small newsletter I used to get called "METEOR NEWS". Obviously, it
> dealt mostly with meteors, but occasionally had meteorite and tektite
> related articles. The April 1990 issue (Number 89) was almost entirely
> devoted to an article entitled " An Interview With Skip Wilson ". I was
> absolutely enthralled at reading his adventures. And two particular
> sentences were etched into my memory:
>
> "I have hunted mostly alone but have hunted some with local people and
> am always interested in hunting with anyone who is interested. If any of
> the readers ever get in this area, look me up and I will go hunting."
>
> I never forgot about his standing invitation, and a little over 8 years
> later, I was lucky enough to meet with him as a part of one of the best
> hunting trips I've ever been on for sure! ;-) He was every bit as kind
> and helpful as you wrote. Although it didn't work out for us to actually
> HUNT together then, I consider myself very lucky in having the chance to
> visit and spend some very enjoyable time with Skip.
>
> Sincerely,
> Robert Woolard
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