In Memoriam Daniel S. Briggs 1964 - 1998

Last updated Oct. 6, 1999. See Dan's Photo Album.

Also see the photos of Dan as a Renaissance Man.

Read Dan's obituary. Or read Edna St. Vincent Millay's Dirge Without Music. (Thanks to Michael Rupen for pointing out this poem.)

Dan Briggs was killed in a skydiving accident on July 4, 1998.  He was a talented astrophysicist, who had worked in computer analysis of data from interferometers. He leaves many sad friends, who wish he had stayed with us longer. He had a tremendous range of personal interests, many of which he worked at until he attained quite impressive levels of expertise. His personal page gives an idea of his range.

More Dan Briggs pages:

• Remembrance from Dan's classmate, David Dixon (posted Jan. 8, 1999)
• A professional remembrance from Tim Cornwell (posted Aug. 3, 1998)
• More details on Dan's final dive, by Robert Lawton, who was also on that dive (posted Aug. 5, 1998)
• A post Dan made to rec.skydiving
• Dan was a lecturer at NRAO's Sixth Synthesis Imaging Summer School, two weeks before he died. The book based on the lectures will be dedicated to Dan.
• Some memories from friends of Dan
• Initial accounts of the accident
• Reaction of some friends on rec.skydiving
• Some recollections from Myriam
• What was Dan looking for? See his post to dc.romance.
• Blue Skies, a song in memory of Dan Briggs by Dianne Phelan
• Dianne also made an English Country Dance called Skydiver in Dan's memory.
• Dan's Work Page
• Dan's Dissertation. His advisor, Dr. Tim Cornwell, said, " It's an extremely impressive thesis, one of the best that I've seen in the last twenty years."
• Dan's skydiving page
• Some personal recollections from Kathy Hedges

This page was maintained up to 2010 by Kathy Hedges

This page is now maintained by Humphrey Drummond (hum3 at drummond dot info)