Ewan Fordyce
New Zealand paleontologist (1953–2023)
Robert Ewan Fordyce FRSNZ (14 July 1953 – 10 November 2023) was a New Zealand palaeontologist.[1] He specialised in the evolution of whales and dolphins (Cetacea) and early penguins.[2]
Life and career
Fordyce joined the Department of Geology at the University of Otago in 1982 and retired in 2021. During his career, he was involved in the discovery and description of many fossil species, including the giant penguin Kairuku and the ancient whale Llanocetus.[3] He also had a new species of giant penguin named for him, Kumimanu fordycei, which was described in 2023.[4]
In 2012, Fordyce was awarded the Hutton Medal for "his seminal contributions in New Zealand vertebrate paleontology, notably in relation to the occurrence, taxonomy and display of fossil marine mammals such as whales and dolphins and of penguins".[5] In 2019, he won the McKay Hammer Award for a 2016 paper he co-authored with Robert W. Boessenecker reviewing early baleen whales (Eomysticetidae) and describing a new whale species, Matapanui waihao.[6]
Fordyce died on 10 November 2023, at the age of 70.[1]
References
- ^ a b "In memory of Ewan Fordyce". Tributes Online. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Eminent academic dies". Otago Daily Times. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Otago Bulletin Board (28 June 2021). "Long-serving Geology Professor retires from teaching". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Publisher, LiveNews. "Paleontology powerhouse honoured by former students | LiveNews.co.nz". Live News. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "2012 Hutton Medal". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "McKay Hammer Award". Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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Recipients of the Hutton Medal of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi
- William Benham (1911)
- Leonard Cockayne (1914)
- Patrick Marshall (1917)
- John Holloway (1920)
- Allan Thomson (1923)
- Charles Chilton (1926)
- George Hudson (1929)
- Arthur Bartrum (1932)
- G. H. Cunningham (1935)
- David Miller (1938)
- Harry Allan (1941)
- Noel Benson (1944)
- Charles Cotton (1947)
- Walter Oliver (1950)
- John Marwick (1953)
- Charles Fleming (1956)
- Laurence Richardson (1959)
- Barry Fell (1962)
- Lucy Moore (1965)
- Norcott Hornibrook (1968)
- Ray Forster (1971)
- Maxwell Gage (1974)
- William Philipson (1977)
- George Knox (1980)
- Pat Suggate (1983)
- Eric Godley (1986)
- Rufus Wells (1989)
- George Scott (1992)
- Geoff Baylis (1995)
- Richard Norris (1996)
- Alan Mark (1997)
- Alan Kirton (1998)
- Hugh Bibby (1999)
- Henry Connor and Elizabeth Edgar (2000)
- Roger Morris (2002)
- Campbell Nelson (2004)
- Colin Webb (2006)
- Bryce Buddle (2008)
- Colin Wilson (2009)
- David Galloway (2010)
- Robert Poulin (2011)
- Ewan Fordyce (2012)
- Dave Kelly (2013)
- Not awarded (2014)
- Lionel Carter (2015)
- Wendy Nelson (2016)
- Roger Cooper (2017)
- Bruce Hayward (2018)
- Philip Hulme (2019)
- Neil Gemmell (2020)
- Richard McDowell (2021)
- Rupert Sutherland (2022)
- Nicholas Golledge (2023)
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