I wish to inform the agrometeorological community that Professor Kees Stigter, former president of the WMO Commission for Agricultural Meteorology and founder of the International Society of Agrometeorology INSAM, passed away two days ago at the age of 79, in Indonesia, where he usually resided between his numerous travels. Thanks to his dedication, sense of initiative and seemingly endless work capacity, Prof. Stigter contributed considerably to increasing the international visibility of agrometeorology. A detailed obituary and biographical sketch will be published shortly on the INSAM website. R. Gommes Current President, INSAM Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Agromet-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Agromet-L,SIGNOFF);