From: Lyndsay Fletcher – lyndsay@astro.gla.ac.uk

Prof George Gelfreikh

I am passing on this sad news from Ludwig Klein, Chair of CESRA (Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers)

Lyndsay.

Dear CESRA colleagues,

Alexander Stepanov informed me that on June 4, 2010, Professor George Gelfreikh passed away. Professor Gelfreikh was a remarkable colleague in several respects. An incomplete enumeration that does not do justice to his achievements comprises the use of microwaves as a diagnostic of the solar corona – many of us learned from his work with RATAN 600 about the rich potential that radio astronomy has in probing coronal magnetic fields. More recently he worked on microwave oscillations using the Nobeyama Radioheliograph. Besides, he had a distinct sense of humour that pervaded his conference talks and made them particular events.

CESRA expresses its condolences to George Gelfreikh’s family and colleagues.

Ludwig Klein, on behalf of the CESRA board