Hi, all,

I feel very much the same. Rod was such a warm and encouraging figure. He also made me feel right at home when I started in 2001, 25 years after Larry.

I'll add that Rod did make many midnight passes on the second floor as well. I took it for granted since the main office was there before the Geology expansion. Sounds like there were enough night owls in the building to keep him one hour at each floor... I personally benefitted a lot from his advices and enthusiasm on teaching. My students and I also always enjoyed talking to him about our experiments, physics in general, and anything else that came up...

I'll always rememer his big smiles, passionate voice, and swift steps.

Kai