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MEMORIAL FOR NORMAN DENNIS NEWELL(1909-2005)

¹ Department of Geology & Geophysics University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming 82071 <boyd@uwyo.edu>

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Little more than three weeks after the appearance of his 188th publication, the infirmities of age prevailed over a resilient spirit and Norman Newell's life ended in his ninety-sixth year. At his death on 18 April 2005, the Paleontological Society lost one of its most distinguished members—a past-president and medalist who led and embodied major changes in the thinking and practices of invertebrate paleontologists. Along the way, he mentored a host of talented graduate students, including four who became presidents of this society and three winners of its medal.

As a boy in Stafford, Kansas, Norman was strongly influenced by his father's interest in natural history. The elder Newell did not live to see his son enter college but Norman never forgot the excitement he felt as a six-year-old when his father explained the significance of a mammoth tooth that had been plowed up in a wheat field.

At the University of Kansas, Newell majored in geology and received BS (1929) and MA (1931) degrees. During these years, he was mentored by Raymond C. Moore, whose forceful personality and single-minded determination to excel made a lasting impression. In 1931, Moore recommended him for a fellowship at Yale where, . . . [Full Text of this Article]