Dr. Rodney “Rod” Ewing, the noted geoscientist who was on the GIA board of governors from 2006 to 2015, died on July 13. He was 77.
In addition to serving as a GIA governor, Ewing was a professor in the department of geological and environmental sciences at Stanford University’s School of Earth Sciences.
He sat on 13 National Research Council committees, served two terms on the Board of Nuclear and Radiation Studies, and chaired the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board under President Obama. In 2017, the most complex mineral then known was named in his honor—ewingite.
“Rod Ewing exemplified the high caliber and deep expertise in science, research, and academia of the many scientists who serve on the institute’s board of governors, helping to strategically guide the institute,” said GIA president and CEO Susan Jacques in a statement.
According to a Stanford obit, Ewing is survived by his wife, Helga Fuchs; a son and daughter, Travis and Allison; a stepdaughter, Franziska; four grandchildren; his 99-year-old mother, Mary Ewing; a sister; and a brother.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Doctors Without Borders.
(Photo courtesy of GIA)
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