IAG 1999 Birmingham (Geodesist passes away)

IAG President (KP Schwarz) speech during the opening of IAG 1999 General Assembly at Birmingham began with mentioning of words to remember geodesists who left us since the last General Assembly. We lost eleven as follows (i.e., 1995-1999);

Isetan Hazay, Hungary in 1995

Attalah M.Wassef, Canada in 1995

Guy Bomford, UK in 1996

Erik Tengström, Sweden in 1996

Yuri D. Boulanger, Russia in 1997

Stanislaw Krynski, Poland in 1997

Tauno J. Kukkamäki, Finland in 1997

Svend Saxov, Denmark in 1998

Rudolf Sigl, Germany in 1998

Hermann van Gysen, S. Africa in 1998

Luman Wilcox, USA in 1999

Three former IAG presidents - Bomford, Boulanger, Kukkamäki - where among those who passed away during this period.

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