(dc) goodbye, dear yoram

to everyone who rides a bicycle or drives a car, just take a moment to read this blog chronicling the last two days of my NASA colleague's life after getting hit by a car here on friday.

make sure your family and friends know what you'd want them to do if you suddenly came to find yourself (or not be able to find yourself) in a vegetative state or drug-induced coma on life support.

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To all Goddard Colleagues:

We have the unfortunate duty to announce that one of our Goddard family, Dr. Yoram Kaufman, died yesterday evening from injuries he received in a collision with a car as he was biking along Soil Conservation Road on May 26.

Yoram was a brilliant senior scientist and a highly regarded and well-liked member of the Earth-Sun Exploration Division. A Senior Fellow, Yoram was the Project Scientist for Terra through its launch, worked on MODIS and other earth science projects, and developed methods for remote sensing of fires and aerosols. He wrote or co-authored over 170 scientific papers.

A Memorial Celebration of the Life of Dr. Yoram Kaufman will be held on Sunday, June 4, at 1 p.m. in the Bldg. 8 Auditorium at Goddard Space Flight Center. All are welcome to attend. The Kaufman family has requested comfortable dress for the Celebration.

For more information on Yoram Kaufman, his family, and this tragic event, the family has created a web site for updates at http://yoramstatus.blogspot.com.

Sincerely,


Dr. Edward Weiler
Center Director

Dr. Laurie Leshin
Director of Sciences and Exploration