Subject: [SLR-Mail] No. 1965: Yang Fumin From: Carey Noll/CDDIS <> Zhang Zongping > ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2011-02-12 11:41:00 UTC Message No. 1965 ******************************************************************************** Author: Carey Noll/CDDIS Subject: Yang Fumin Below is an email from our colleagues at the Shanghai Astronomical = Observatory=20 about the passing of Yang Fumin. Regards, Carey. ----- Begin forwarded message: > From: Zhang Zongping > Date: February 11, 2011 8:58:37 AM EST > To: ”Noll, Carey E. (GSFC-6901)” > Subject: Yang Fumin passed away >=20 > Dear colleague >=20 > The saddened news from Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of Chinese = Academy of Sciences > to inform you is that our colleague, Professor Yang Fumin, the former = vice director of > Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, passed away on Wednesday, February = 9, 2011 due to=20 > the heart disease. Yang Fumin was born in December, 1942 and was = engaged in Satellite=20 > Laser Ranging technology research from the early 70s of the last = century. He was=20 > a member of the ILRS Governing Board and Western Pacific Laser Ranging = Network. He was=20 > the inaugurator of the China SLR network and a coordinator of the = network for long=20 > time. He had dedicated all his life to develop the SLR technology, and = had made=20 > significant contributions for SLR development in China.=20 > We will greatly miss Prof.Yang Fumin and his contributions to the SLR = community. >=20 > Wu bin, Zhang zhongping=20 >=20 > Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS ----- Ms. Carey Noll Manager, Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau NASA GSFC Code 690.1 Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA E-mail: Carey.Noll@nasa.gov Voice: (301) 614-6542 Fax: (301) 614-6015 WWW: http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov From: Carey Noll ********************************************************************************