Norman Platnick – 1951 – 2020

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Norman I. Platnick passed away on 8 April 2020 after a tragic accident.

Norm was a world-authority on spiders and prolific scientist, Curator Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, an influential figure in phylogenetic theory, past president of the Willi Hennig Society, and a long-time member of the society.

An obituary led by AMNH curator Lorenzo Prendini can be downloaded here.

HennigXXXIX postponed to 2021

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The WHS annual meeting HennigXXXIX was scheduled to take place in Helsinki, Finland from July 26-30, 2020. Because of the world-wide Coronavirus pandemic, the Council made the decision to postpone our annual meeting one year.
HennigXXXIX will take place July 25-29, 2021.
Please check the meeting web-site (HennigXXXIX) for detailed information.