It is with great sadness that I report the passing of John Heyning.
John died Saturday, 17 September 2007
after a prolonged battle with ALS (a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s Disease). John spent his entire professional career at the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, where he most recently served as
Deputy Director of Research & Collections and Curator of Marine
Mammals. In addition to his expertise in the evolution and natural
history of whales and dolphins, John
was a passionate advocate for systematic collections. He was president of
the Natural Science Collections Alliance in 2002-2003. Well respected by
his colleagues, John was elected a
fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in
2003.
A memorial tribute celebrating the life of John Heyning
will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, 24 February 2007 at the Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County, 900
Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles.
In lieu of flowers, the Heyning family requests that donations in
memory of John may be made to
following organizations:
John
E. Heyning
Research Expedition Fund
c/o Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
ATTN: Tom
Jacobson
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles,
CA 90007
ALS Association
27001 Agoura Road,
Suite 150
Calabasas Hills,
CA 93101
Marlene and Nico Heyning
Education Fund
c/o Capital Research and Management,
ATTN: Paul
G. Haaga,
Jr.,
333 S. Hope Street
Los Angeles,
CA 90071
*Please make checks payable to American Funds Service Company - Marlene and Nico Heyning Education Fund.
Jim Dines
Mammalogy Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los
Angeles, CA
90007
213-763-3400 tel
213-746-2999 fax
jdines@nhm.org