Dr. Alex Cruz

[Scott E. Severs]

I was sorry to learn of the passing last month of Dr. Cruz, professor of ornithology/biology at the University of Colorado. He and his students have regularly contributed to the knowledge of birds in Colorado and beyond.

Here is a link to the Cruz lab highlighting some of the research. 

https://www.colorado.edu/ebio/cruz-lab

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[Joe Roller]

Thanks for letting us know this sad news, Scott. 

Dr. Cruz was an unassuming, gentle man, a teacher and mentor who touched the lives

of so many. 

I first met him on the last day of October, 1976, when he invited birders 

to visit his feeders in North Boulder to see a real rarity, a Cape May Warbler. 

That tiny, dull, drab, fall female got us pretty excited.

I last saw Alex at the 2010 CFO Convention, when he humbly accepted 

CFO's most prestigious award, the Ron Ryder Award. 

Please send us a link to any obituary or information about plans for a memorial service.

Joe Roller, Denver

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[Scott E. Severs]

At this time there is possibly a memorial service planned for this fall. If I learn of a time, I will let everyone know.

Scott 

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 07:10 Joe Roller <jrol...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for letting us know this sad news, Scott. 

Dr. Cruz was an unassuming, gentle man, a teacher and mentor who touched the lives

of so many. 

I first met him on the last day of October, 1976, when he invited birders 

to visit his feeders in North Boulder to see a real rarity, a Cape May Warbler. 

That tiny, dull, drab, fall female got us pretty excited.

I last saw Alex at the 2010 CFO Convention, when he humbly accepted 

CFO's most prestigious award, the Ron Ryder Award. 

Please send us a link to any obituary or information about plans for a memorial service.

Joe Roller, Denver

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 6:09 AM, Scott E. Severs <scotte...@gmail.com> wrote:

I was sorry to learn of the passing last month of Dr. Cruz, professor of ornithology/biology at the University of Colorado. He and his students have regularly contributed to the knowledge of birds in Colorado and beyond.

Here is a link to the Cruz lab highlighting some of the research. 

https://www.colorado.edu/ebio/cruz-lab

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[Leif Saul]

I am very sorry to learn that Alex Cruz is gone.  

I've known him in a rather odd way - for some reason he and I had the same activity times/home range so in recent years, I would very often run into him on the CU Boulder campus, and also, several times at Walden Ponds, often when nobody else was there, in late afternoons.  He and I barely knew each other (I was briefly in his department quite a few years ago), but we would often chat briefly about recent birds we'd seen.  

He seemed quite active - I believe the last time I spoke with him on campus may have been in Nov./Dec. when a couple of beavers had been hanging out at Ricky Weiser Wetland.

He was always friendly and ready to talk birds, even things that no doubt seemed mundane to someone of his experience, despite our rather remote connection.

There is a pile of discarded academic books that appears from time to time in the hallway of Ramaley (where the EBIO program is located) and being a bookworm I often check it.  In recent months I took possession of a few of his old books, so now I realize why they were there.  (I also have books from Suzi Plooster's collection -- many of you will remember her.)

I will truly miss how mysteriously I kept running into this friendly man over the years.