{"id":2363,"date":"2012-01-20T09:38:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T17:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2012-01-20T09:38:29","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T17:38:29","slug":"in-memoriam-the-passing-of-professor-jim-arnold-founding-pi-of-the-california-space-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=2363","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: The Passing of Professor Jim Arnold, Founding PI of the California Space Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor James R. Arnold, former Director of the California Space  Institute and founding Principal Investigator for the California Space  Grant Consortium, passed away Friday, January 6, 2012 at the age of 88.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As founding PI of the California Space Grant Consortium, Jim contributed  to the early National Space Grant Program under Julius Dash and was a  mentor and best friend to the now-retired California Space Grant  Director, Mike Wiskerchen: \u00a0&#8220;I worked closely with Jim for over twenty  years. \u00a0He was my mentor, a close colleague, and a dear friend. I  learned a great deal from him and he will be missed by me and many  others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_2364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 325px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jim-at-the-2009-Jim-Arnold-Lecture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2364\" title=\"Jim Arnold in 2009--UC San Diego\" src=\"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jim-at-the-2009-Jim-Arnold-Lecture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"418\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Jim was\u00a0a fantastic\u00a0research scientist and academic  scholar who found  the\u00a0time to personally mentor\u00a0over\u00a0two dozen\u00a0California Space Grant  students. I  will always remember our discussions of\u00a0his vision to develop\u00a0an  equally\u00a0strong space science and engineering program  at the California Space Institute,&#8221; reflected John Kosmatka, the  current PI and Interim Director of the California Space Grant  Consortium.<\/p>\n<p>Jim is survived by his lovely wife Louise, and their three sons Bob, Ted, and Ken.<\/p>\n<p>For more information please visit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ucsdnews.ucsd.edu\/pressreleases\/jim_arnold_founding_chemist_at_uc_san_diego_dies_at_88\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/ucsdnews.ucsd.edu\/pressreleases\/jim_arnold_founding_chemist_at_uc_san_diego_dies_at_88\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor James R. Arnold, former Director of the California Space Institute and founding Principal Investigator for the California Space Grant Consortium, passed away Friday, January 6, 2012 at the age of 88.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}