| Date: | 2019-07-27 07:08:06 | |
| Sender: | ”Dr. Makram Ibrahim” <makikh@yahoo.com> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No.2593: Re: [ilrs] Passing of Michel Lefebvre | |
| Author: | unknown | |
| Content: | Dear Sirs; It is our deep sorrow to hear such very sad news related toProf. Michel Lefebvre. We felt sadness for knowing that he died. On my own behalf and on the behalf of all of my colleagues at the Helwan SLR station, we would like to express oursympathetic feeling to his family and all of his colleagues. Best Regards Makram Ibrahim Dr. Makram Ibrahim Professor of SLR&Space Physics Head ofSolar & Space Research Department National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) Helwan, Cairo, Egypt.My Home Pagehttp://www.nriag.sci.eg/?page_id=1706NRIAG Home Pagehttp://www.nriag.sci.eg/ On Friday, July 26, 2019, 04:47:02 PM GMT+2, Noll, Carey E. (GSFC-61A0) via ilrs Our colleague Georges Balmino has forwarded the sad news that Michel Lefebvre passed away at his home on July 21, 2019 after a long illness. He was one of the French pioneers and a major actor in satellite geodesy. He contributed enormously to training the researchers and engineers of today in this discipline, at the time of the formation of GRGS (Groupe de Recherche de Geodesie Spatiale), which resulted from the cooperation of research teams at CNES (Micheles team), Meudon Observatory and others. This was also the time of international satellite observing campaigns (ISAGEX, Trapol, Medoc, etc.) in which Michel was deeply involved. Michel always was eager to debate on new ideas, his energy and enthusiasm were incredible, which were essential to the development of our projects and our works over fifty years, also to the rising of vocations in our field. He had a strong charisma, though a warm personality, respectful of everyones viewpoint. His constructive spirit and creativity were striking and he was carefully listened within national (CNES, GRGS, Bureau des Longitudes) and international (NASA, DLR, ESA) organizations. As a leading expert, he had a prominent and determining role in the realization of the first satellite altimetry missions, especially TOPEX-Poseidon. Michel set the stage for the creation of the Laboratoire dEtude en Geophysique et Oceanographie Spatiale (LEGOS), and had decisive actions in changing the French oceanographic community. He established the Club of Argonauts, in which oceanographers and climatologists discuss scientific and societal aspects of climate change. He also was at the origin of GODAE (Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment) and of Mercator Ocean (the French center for ocean predictions and analysis). Michel has left his mark on many young people who started their career with him. They went their own way but kept good and fruitful relationship with him. His death brings back lots of memories to all of us. A strong personality has left us. Our thoughts are with his wife Claude and their children and grandchildren. Regards, Mike Pearlman -- Dear Sirs; It is our deep sorrow to hear such very sad news related to Prof. Michel Lefebvre. We felt sadness for knowing that he died. On my own behalf and on the behalf of all of my colleagues at the Helwan SLR station, we would like to express our sympathetic feeling to his family and all of his colleagues. Best Regards Makram Ibrahim Dr. Makram Ibrahim Professor of SLR & Space Physics Head of Solar & Space Research Department National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) Helwan, Cairo, Egypt. My Home Page NRIAG Home Page http://www.nriag.sci.eg/ On Friday, July 26, 2019, 04:47:02 PM GMT+2, Noll, Carey E. (GSFC-61A0) via ilrs <ilrs@lists.nasa.gov> wrote: Our colleague Georges Balmino has forwarded the sad news that Michel Lefebvre passed away at his home on July 21, 2019 after a long illness. He was one of the French pioneers and a major actor in satellite geodesy. He contributed enormously to training the researchers and engineers of today in this discipline, at the time of the formation of GRGS (Groupe de Recherche de Geodesie Spatiale), which resulted from the cooperation of research teams at CNES (Micheles team), Meudon Observatory and others. This was also the time of international satellite observing campaigns (ISAGEX, Trapol, Medoc, etc.) in which Michel was deeply involved. Michel always was eager to debate on new ideas, his energy and enthusiasm were incredible, which were essential to the development of our projects and our works over fifty years, also to the rising of vocations in our field. He had a strong charisma, though a warm personality, respectful of everyones viewpoint. His constructive spirit and creativity were striking and he was carefully listened within national (CNES, GRGS, Bureau des Longitudes) and international (NASA, DLR, ESA) organizations. As a leading expert, he had a prominent and determining role in the realization of the first satellite altimetry missions, especially TOPEX-Poseidon. Michel set the stage for the creation of the Laboratoire dEtude en Geophysique et Oceanographie Spatiale (LEGOS), and had decisive actions in changing the French oceanographic community. He established the Club of Argonauts, in which oceanographers and climatologists discuss scientific and societal aspects of climate change. He also was at the origin of GODAE (Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment) and of Mercator Ocean (the French center for ocean predictions and analysis). Michel has left his mark on many young people who started their career with him. They went their own way but kept good and fruitful relationship with him. His death brings back lots of memories to all of us. A strong personality has left us. Our thoughts are with his wife Claude and their children and grandchildren. Regards, Mike Pearlman -- |