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.
Peter Hovenkamp passed away unexpectedly in July 2019. For a full obituary see here.
Peter was an active, long-time member of the WHS, published 14 articles on Cladistics primarily in historical biogeography, served as Associate Editor of Cladistics from 2002 to 2004, and was the organizer of Hennig XIX in Leiden in 2000.
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