[OHIOBWG] FW: Tom Kunz

[Titchenell, Marne]

Sad news for the bat world…hope you all are safe and well.

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Marne A. Titchenell
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From: American Society of Mammalogists <ASM at wildapricot.org>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 4:04 PM
To: Titchenell, Marne <titchenell.4 at osu.edu>
Subject: Tom Kunz


Friends and colleagues –

It is with sincere sorrow that I write to let you know that Tom Kunz has died of complications associated with COVID-19.  Tom was a giant of mammalogy, with a focus on the ecology of bats.  A quick tally of his publications (likely incomplete) suggests about 280+ over the years, with a stunning rate of about 12 publications annually from 1996 through 2012.  Additionally, Tom published 12 Mammalian Species accounts and authored four accounts in “North American Mammals” (edited by Don Wilson and Sue Ruff).  Tom also edited or co-edited five books, including the foundational “Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats”, published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 1988, then revised and updated for publication by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2009.  Tom received the C. Hart Merriam Award from the ASM in 1998, served the ASM as President from 2000 to 2002, and was given Honorary Membership in the ASM in 2008.  He also was an elected Fellow of the AAAS, and received the Gerrit S. Miller Jr. Award from the North American Society for Bat Research.

Tom was much more than a tally of publications and awards, however.  If you never had the opportunity to know Tom Kunz, I am sorry.  If you did, you will understand what I mean when I refer to him as a disarmingly gentle, kind, and caring person.  He was always sincere, and always focused on the person he was talking with, and always upbeat.  He reached out to many young scientists and – perhaps unknowingly – reaffirmed and fanned their passions over science and over being a scientist.  Tom will be deeply missed by many friends and colleagues, certainly including myself.

Doug

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