My deepest condolences to Randy's family from Idaho. I was a graduate student at MSU while Randy was working for Dr. George Hurst and Randy helped me on many occasions with my plant collections for Dr. Arner and for Dr. Perkins. I was Dr. Jacobson's grad student from 1980 to 1984 and after finishing, I moved to Montana and finally settled in nearby Idaho. Since I made my career and home in the Rocky Mountains, I never had a chance to re-connect with Randy, but please note that his name and wonderful reputation as a GREAT plant taxonomist has been shared by me with many fellow biologists in the west. He was a terrific person and I already miss him dearly. Ray kagel, Jr., M.S., PWS Rigby, Idaho