[Taxacom] Vale Don Colless: 1922-2012

[Curtis Clark]

On 2/21/2012 2:15 PM, Dan Bickel wrote:
> Taxacom subscribers will miss Don's insightful contributions and often acerbic responses to discussion on this List.  Apart from his extensive and detailed knowledge of the Australian Diptera fauna, he had a deep interest in systematic theory and enjoyed taking contrarian stances,  especially to what he considered mainstream dogma.

Very sad to hear. We often took contrasting views, but I always valued 
his viewpoint.

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