Old notices
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Philip Coppens (1930-2017)
It is with great sadness that we report that Professor Philip Coppens passed away on 21 June 2017.
Philip retired from the University of Buffalo last autumn, but retained a lab at the University and was still actively engaged in research. He was a pioneer in crystallography and was awarded the seventh Ewald prize by the IUCr in 2005. This was for his contributions to developing the fields of electron density determination and the crystallography of molecular excited states, and for his contributions to the education and inspiration of young crystallographers as an enthusiastic teacher by participating in and organizing many courses and workshops.
He will be remembered for his dedication and service to the IUCr and its journals. He was a member of the IUCr Executive Committee from 1987 to 1999, and was President of the Union from 1993 to 1996. He played a fundamental role in encouraging the development of electronic journals at the IUCr and also in the early days of the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation when it was not clear how important Synchrotron Radiation would become to Crystallography. He also acted as a Co-editor on Acta Crystallographica Section A and on the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. A full obituary will be published in due course.
