date: Fri May 12 15:29:43 2006
from: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: FW: Bradley
to: "Maher, Barbara" <b.maher@lancaster.ac.uk>

   all that comes immediately to mind is his ability to leave some colleagues with more than
   their share of the cumulative wine bill on certain trips in South Africa - though you might
   say something of his sterling work in the development of the IGBP PAGES , which exemplifies
   his wide understanding of climate and paleoclimate evidence , and gives him a unique
   ability to integrate and synthesise the evidence of climate change . Seriously he does have
   a very wide range of expertise in the analysis of instrumental, lake sediment, ice data-
   though unfortunately only a passing acquaintance with tree-ring data .
   glad your paper got sorted eventually
   cheers
   Keith
   At 15:03 12/05/2006, you wrote:

     HI Keith
     Howre you?  Hot day down in Norridge?
     Can you kindly see the request below re. Ray Bradleys hon degree, to which your official
     invite letter will be winging its way to you this coming week.  Could you poss. Email me
     some pithy comments along the lines of Olivers request?
     Thanks a lot
     Barbara
     PS Got some v. nice comments re. my just-out Holocene paper!
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     From: Oliver Westall [[1]mailto:o.westall@lancaster.ac.uk]
     Sent: 11 May 2006 10:22
     To: Maher, Barbara
     Subject: Bradley

     Barbara
     Im turning my mind to Ray Bradleys honorary degree in July. Of course, I will rely on
     you for the hard facts of his scientific contribution, along with anyone else you feel
     might be helpful. I have a brief note he has provided himself, but what I will be
     looking for is an informed judgement on his real contribution, which is so often
     entirely obscured by numbers of publications and so on. But beyond that, I will really
     be looking for people who actually know him well, so that I can bring a personal touch
     to the proceedings. Are you in that slot or do you know anyone who is in the UK? And, of
     course, I will want to know what I should say in my remarks to advance the interests of
     Lancasters research in this area.
     It would be nice to have a lunch or other meeting some time but you might feel it easier
     to write something out. Please dont polish it up as I will want to use my own final text
     and of course, you wont want to spend too much time fiddling with it.
     Let me know how you feel.
     O

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