To my Coleoptera-inclined colleagues, it is my sad duty to report that I just learned from Terry Erwin this morning that legendary Canadian coleopterist and carabidologist Dr. George Ball has passed away. You will be missed, sir.

Floyd

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Floyd W. Shockley, Ph.D., F.R.E.S.

Collections Manager

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