tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post3972355724629924091..comments2024-03-15T21:42:28.367-07:00Comments on Isotope Queen-Biogeochemistry Memoir: Jolly Chuck Douthitt--the death of a salemanIsotope Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00346511476816956274noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post-14990002688449455652021-04-03T13:44:27.551-07:002021-04-03T13:44:27.551-07:00Thanks Kitty for writing about Jolly. I'm alwa...Thanks Kitty for writing about Jolly. I'm always happy to hear about good adventures he had. A real character and sorely missed by many.Isotope Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346511476816956274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post-31196628013667497322021-04-02T23:03:28.162-07:002021-04-02T23:03:28.162-07:00A list of some of his publications
https://schola...A list of some of his publications <br />https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=xNs2IwQAAAAJ&hl=en<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14668827069922585328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post-17282931897531120542021-04-02T22:38:45.283-07:002021-04-02T22:38:45.283-07:00I just discovered Chuck passed awa. We had become ...I just discovered Chuck passed awa. We had become connected again via Facebook and having been off facebook for awhile since the fall, I looked up his page to discover he is passed. Very sad. <br /><br />I knew him in the 1990s. We were both single and met on a plane, and liked travelling so we took some trips together, on our own and with his friends. I would stop in and visit him in Dallas on my way to Mexico. He was one of a kind. A bit gruff, with a big heart. <br /><br />He had a gorgeous house in Dallas and had students for roommates, and somewhat forgave them when they broke his marble table while partying. He was a fabulous cook with an extraordinary collection of hot sauces. He had them on the counter, and the cleaner would put them away, and he'd put them back out again. <br /><br />He had an artist friend who worked with disabled kids, who made the most beautiful tiles that he put in his windowed bathroom, and all hand painted tiles and all orchids. He had a grand piano. He was willing to go on adventures between his work commitments, and I was happy to meet him at his mom's house one time. a beautiful house and community that he often went home to. <br /><br />I'll always remember him as someone who was determined, extremely intelligent, well read, broad minded, down-to-earth, savvy, kind, valued friendships, world travelled, loved science of all sorts, and definitely loves his kids and grand kids. I will miss his friendship. He was inspiring. Kitty Cochrane, AlbertaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14668827069922585328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post-66921069075263206472020-12-13T21:12:50.895-08:002020-12-13T21:12:50.895-08:00Thanks for filling in some of Chuck's recent h...Thanks for filling in some of Chuck's recent history. I was not aware of the upheavals in his life in the last couple of years. <br /><br />I was a grad student at Caltech with Chuck in the late '70s/early '80s. He ended up dropping out after an unsuccessful attempt at a thesis project to measure Si isotopes with Sam Epstein. Sam and Chuck were *not* temperamentally congruent . Always the grinning extrovert, he was infamous as a "lady's man" in grad school (at a time when male entitlement was not questioned). <br /><br />I was never a potential customer for Chuck, but I always looked forward to seeing Chuck at fall AGU and catching up on gossip about our fellow "Techers". I missed the last 3 years of AGU, so had not seen Chuck in person for at least that long.<br /><br />Via Facebook, it was nice to see him settle into married life and revel in his grandchildren. I'm sure they miss their grandpa even more than the isotope geochemistry community does.Henry Shawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post-26405143106019786102020-12-11T01:25:18.578-08:002020-12-11T01:25:18.578-08:00Tis the season. I never got to see the side of Ch...Tis the season. I never got to see the side of Chuck that elicited nasty comments from others. He was unfailingly helpful in my failed efforts to get a mass spec when I was an assistant prof. But even when it became clear that it wasn't going to happen, he came to every one of my presentations at conferences where we overlapped and told me all sorts of gossip that I really needed to know to be able to navigate the field. I organised a small international conference called "Hydrogen isotopes as recorders of environment" in France in 2011. Damn if Chuck didn't catch wind of it and invite himself. He landed in CDG airport at around 2 AM, rented a car and got briefly stuck at a toll booth because he had no euros and his USA credit cards wouldn't work. No problem. He just blew through with the next car. I hope he sold some mass specs. What a pal! V Terwilligerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374568824143512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post-57448224916445230742020-12-10T21:14:00.821-08:002020-12-10T21:14:00.821-08:00Chucky you will be missed by many as you travel th...Chucky you will be missed by many as you travel through your next journey. I am so glad we reconnected at the past Finniganite Family Reunion. I always enjoyed working with you. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684177208259147395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post-48625971012448622952020-12-10T14:18:12.180-08:002020-12-10T14:18:12.180-08:00VERY SAD NEWS INDEED. I WILL MISS HIM A LOT. HE WA...VERY SAD NEWS INDEED. I WILL MISS HIM A LOT. HE WAS MY SUPERVISOR WHILE I WAS THERMO DEALER IN ARGENTINA AND HELPED ME A LOT ION CLOSING SALES. ABOVE ALL HE WAS A VERY GOOD PERSON PEDRO JOLODOVSKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10915042859541850857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post-22125241738787194652020-12-09T21:23:51.171-08:002020-12-09T21:23:51.171-08:00I count myself lucky to have met Chuck. My PhD adv...I count myself lucky to have met Chuck. My PhD advisor Luis Gonzalez introduced me. I was surprise a little Latina PhD candidate would get an invite and chatted to at the Thermo party just like the bigwigs in the field. He even visited my little lab at UTSA when I was an assistant prof. there. I'm sad I never got to purchase an instrument from him. A friendly face and smile means the world to people...especially to a young researcher full of self doubt. RIP Chuck. You touched many lives for the better. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15259182502431666636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post-56934083121006340522020-12-09T21:18:03.997-08:002020-12-09T21:18:03.997-08:00You introduced me to Chuck during one of his many ...You introduced me to Chuck during one of his many visits to GL. From that moment on I could tell a little of the number 1 customer treatment brushed off on me. Although I am in a different sales region - Chuck always had his finger on the pulse of "the sale" and curious how things developed over here. The last time I saw him was at IsoCamp. Some wine and guacamole were consumed. Our last conversation took place as I left the campus to catch my flight. Chuck was outside alone, leaning on the building and dragging on a cigarette. We chatted about his divorce from Thermo, and his commitment to supporting our community - especially those moving up the ranks. With his characteristic twinkle he assured me I was off to bigger and better things with new toys to boot. Dave Bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349128715082229990.post-64819764092662194672020-12-09T20:26:13.800-08:002020-12-09T20:26:13.800-08:00Won't we all miss him. I saw Chuck from many ...Won't we all miss him. I saw Chuck from many sides, potential buyer, part of a power lab (sidekick of another #1 customer!), as a fellow employee (and ticket gatherer/bouncer (?) at the annual Chuck-fest), and finally a (somewhat) respected colleague. And in each phase of this cycle I saw a different Chuck. He was one of a kind, incredibly sharp, always on the lookout for a sale with the ability to piece together a system that would especially work for you ("how much money do you have?"), full of opinion, yet visionary, and truly one who shaped the isotope world into avenues that he imagined were all so possible. You will be missed Chuck. 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