Glenn A. Goodfriend: Amino acid racemization geochemist, geochronologist, paleontologist, Quaternarist, geoarchaeologist, wine connoisseur and collector, gourmand, and general good friend

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• 作者：Blackwell ; Bonnie A.B. ; Brigham-Grette ; Julie ; Brooks ; Alison S. ; Carpintero-Ramirez ; Gretchen M.
• 刊名：Quaternary International
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：June, 2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：135
• 期：1
• 页码：3-12
• 全文大小：3.64 M

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On October 15, 2002, just before the national Geological Society of America GSA meetings that he rarely missed, Glenn A. Goodfriend passed away prematurely at age 51. Following a serious illness that began early in 2002, he died at George Washington University Hospital from pneumonia and other complications due to rhinocerebral mucomycosis, a systemic fungal infection. Glenn is survived by his father and stepmother, Morton and Theresa Goodfriend.

A multidisciplinary scientist, Glenn studied evolutionary land snail ecology, amino acid racemization biogeochemistry, and geochronology, and applied these to problems in Quaternary stratigraphy, paleontology, zoology, geoarchaeology, paleoclimatology, and the marine sciences.

A native of New Rochelle, NY, Glenn graduated with a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Florida in 1983. From 1983 to 1992, he worked as a PDF, research scientist, and finally senior scientist at the Weizmann Institute in Israel. From 1990 to 1998, he was a Senior Research Associate in the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. From 1993 to 1995, he served as an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University. From 1998 until his death, Glenn was a Research Professor at the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at George Washington University.

Glenn published more than 70 scientific papers, many of them seminal classics, not counting the many left unfinished on his computer. As a broad scientific thinker, he collaborated on projects ranging from taphonomy to ¹⁴C calibration. After organizing the 1998 international AAR conference, Glenn served as the lead editor on Perspectives in Amino Acid and Protein Geochemistry (Goodfriend et al., 2000). In 2002, he held almost 400 k$ in NSF grants.

We will remember Glenn for his amazing ability to help others and his phenomenal attention to scientific detail. He allowed colleagues and students alike to pick his brain about lab procedures and research ideas, and he would take time from his busy schedule to troubleshoot experiments. He was indefatigable in the field and laboratory. Glenn loved good food and chocolate, as well as tasting and collecting fine wines. His cellar had several hundred bottles, from which he often treated friends to an exceptional bouquet. His many colleagues will sorely miss his scientific creativity and contributions. Like a fine wine, he was gone too soon.