Private memorial set for Gordon Hamilton, AP reports
The Associated Press reported the University of Maine is holding a private memorial service Nov. 3 for UMaine climate scientist Gordon Hamilton. At the request of the family, the service is by invitation only. A video tribute to Hamilton is expected to be released in November. A fund in Hamilton’s name has been established in the University of Maine Foundation. Hamilton, a professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and researcher with the Climate Change Institute, died in a field accident Oct. 22 while conducting research in Antarctica for the National Science Foundation. ABC News, Fox News, The Seattle Times, WABI (Channel 5) and Maine Public carried the AP report. Herald Scotland and the Bangor Daily News also published an obituary of the Dundee-born glaciologist.