In Memoriam

In Memoriam Aaron Cole (December 20, 1980 – August 26, 2023)

CISR Team

“Aaron Cole was born in Santa Cruz on December 20, 1980, and died unexpectedly on August 26, 2023, doing what he loved most, riding his bike joyfully through the forest trails in Wilder Ranch and UCSC. Aaron was the Senior GIS Analyst for CISR (Center for Integrated Spatial Research) at UCSC. Aaron was recognized in the GIS industry with many awards and accolades, and included in many publications. While he was devoted to his work, he also felt it was important to contribute to his community. He was a huge proponent of the Greenway initiative and he spent countless hours working on and advocating for this environmental, community forward-thinking project. Aaron will be greatly missed!” For full obituary: Aaron Cole Obituary

In Memoriam J. Casey Moore (1945–2020)

Steering Committee

“I’m sad to report the passing of my good friend and long-time colleague Casey Moore, professor emeritus of Earth and planetary sciences. Casey was born in Los Angeles in 1945 and grew up in Escondido. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 1968 and got his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1971. He joined the faculty at UC Santa Cruz as an acting assistant professor in 1970 and wrote his thesis while teaching his first year of classes. Casey’s early research involved extensive field work in Alaska, where he pioneered field observations of uplifted sedimentary rocks that were deformed in subduction zones…” Read more of In Memoriam: J. Casey Moore here.

In Memoriam: Ben Crow

Steering Committee

“Ben Crow was a professor in the Sociology Department at UCSC from 1996-2018, and department chair from 2011-2014. Before becoming a social scientist, Professor Ben Crow trained and worked as an engineer in London and Africa, and was an activist and volunteer in South Asia. His PhD is from Edinburgh University in Scotland, and he also taught at the Open University in the UK and at Stanford and UC Berkeley. He conducted research on conflict and cooperation over international rivers in South Asia, leading to a book entitled Sharing the Ganges: the politics and technology of river development; on traders, township markets and the making of social classes in rural Bangladesh (Markets, Class and Social Change: Trading Networks and Poverty in South Asia); on global inequalities (The UC Atlas of Global Inequality (online) and The Atlas of Global Inequalities, with Suresh Lodha).” Read more of In Memoriam: Ben Crow here.