friend and fellow Brooklynite Neal Yedlin. In 1945 Lou and. Neal took up micromounting. Neal came to ... Best Artlcle 2003, Rocks 81 Minerals, Tom Rosemeyer.
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Following a career as an attorney, Lou retired to Tryon, North Carolina, where he spent the last thu-ty years of his life. Despite a severe hearing loss, he continued to attend symposia and shows, giving his wonderful programs. Even when he was unable to get to an event, he would often provide a program by loaning his slides for someone else to present. Unfortunately, age and failing health kept him close to home during the last several years. The entire mineral community will greatly miss this kind, gracious, and witty master of microminerals and photomici crography. REFERENCES Kampf, A. R. 1977.A new mineral: Perloffite, the Fe3+analogue of bjarebyite. Mineralogical Record 8: 112-14. Mitchell, R. S. 1979. Who’s who in mineral names: Louis Perloff (1907-). Rocks & Minerals 54 (6):252-53. Wight, Q. 1993. The complete book of micromounting. Tucson: The Mineralogical Record.
Louis Perloff (1907-2004)
Anthony R. Kampf Mineral Sciences Department Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90007 akampf @nhm.org
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he micromount community lost one of its giants on 16 January 2004 with the passing of Louis “Lou” Perloff at the age of ninety-six. Lou began collecting minerals as a child along with his close friend and fellow Brooklynite Neal Yedlin. In 1945 Lou and Neal took up micromounting. Neal came to be known as “Mr. Micromounter,” and for decades Lou was regarded as the most prolific and accomplished mineral photomicrographer. Lou’s keen eye, insatiable curiosity, and remarkable memory for mineral species and their characteristics helped him become one of the most knowledgeable and sophisticated amateur mineralogists in the world. The mineral perloffite from the Big Chief pegmatite in South Dakota was named for him (Kampf 1977; Mitchell 1979), and he was among the first to be inducted into the Micromounters Hall of Fame when it was begun in 1981 (Wight 1993). Always eager to answer the call and give a program, Lou was a fixture at the renowned Baltimore Micromount Symposium and at many other symposia and shows across the country. His slide programs were legendary and not merely because of the quality of his slides. He had a gift for communicatinghis understanding and appreciation of the mineral world, and he captivated many an audience with his penchant for delightfully dry witticisms.
Dr. Anthony R. Kampj a consulting editor of Rocks & Minerals, is the curator and head of the Mineral Sciences Department at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
The Friends of Mineralogy, Inc. Visit the National Friends of Mineralogy website at www.friendsofmineralogy.org
FY Awards The Friends of Mineralogy annually presents awards at the Saturday night banquet of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. There was a tie this year for the best article in the Mineralogical Record. The winners at the 2004 Tucson Show were: Best Article 2003,The Mineralogical Record, Thomas P. Moore and Peter K.M. Megaw Best Article 2003,The Mineralogical Record, Berthold Ottens Best Artlcle 2003,Rocks 81Minerals, Tom Rosemeyer Best Article 2003,extraLapis English, Rupert Hochleitner & Terry Huizing Best Educational Case, TGMS, 2004 - Individual, Jesse Fisher & Joan Kureczka Best Educational Case, TGMS, 2004 - Institutional, Houston Museum of Natural Science In conjunction with the Best Article awards, FM presents a check for $200 to Rocks 8, Minerals, the Mineralogical Record and extraLapis English.
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