RE: [Maine-birds] Bill Glanz passed away recently

This is awful news, Bill was one of my favorite professors, I took every one of his taxonomy courses I could and he was on my Honor's panel.  Always loved his stories, his goofy bird dog wandering the halls, and amusingly watching him hunt through through one of the messiest offices in Murray for my exam papers. 

Sarah

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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:32:35 -0500
Subject: Re: [Maine-birds] Bill Glanz passed away recently
From: nfamous@maine.edu
To: petervickery@roadrunner.com
CC: maine-birds@googlegroups.com

Hi,

I was saddened to read Peter's report of the recent passing of Bill Glanz​.  Peter summed up Bill's knowledge, dedication to birds (and mammals), sense of humor and ability to listen to and inspire students.  It was always a pleasure to talk to him because you could call him at any time with questions which he would enthusiastically answer.

On rainy day mornings in May, Bill would give my field ornithology students a tour of the UMO museum (rather small), explain the value of bird skins and answer questions on tropical birds and mammals.  He did not, however, spring his three-parted species on our class.  He frequently went out with us as we visited different habitat types in the Orono-Bangor-Old Town-Veazie.  

Because of one of his grad students, Bill had a keen interest in Rusty blackbirds.  We had many discussions on the effort it takes beyond standard survey techniques to document Rusty blackbirds during the breeding in general as well as in Washington County where he often looked for them. 

I join the cohort of mid-coast birders in missing him.  Thanks Bill.

Best,

Norm Famous

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Peter Vickery <petervickery@roadrunner.com> wrote:

I spoke with a UMaine friend and colleague and learned that Bill Glanz died recently of ALS.  Bill was an extraordinary UMO professor and a cheerful friend to many students.  He loved looking at birds and sharing his knowledge with others.

Bill had a great sense of humor.  I remember our final exam in Avian Ecology had a few optional bonus skins to be identified.  There were several experienced birders in the class so Bill wanted to throw us a curve ball.  One of the extra bonus birds was a combination of a quail-dove (body), thrush (head) and I can't remember the tail.  I went in after the exam to ask about the three-parted bird and Bill was giggling so much it took 10 minutes to explain all the parts.  He was so pleased with his clever construction.

That was Bill, a wonderful person and it was a great pleasure to have spent so much time with him.  I know many mid-coast birders will miss him.

Best, Peter


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