Dear Members of the Society, I am saddened to report that Ed Olsen, former curator of meteorites at the FMNH in Chicago, passed away. An obituary for Ed is posted on the In Memorium section of the website, that you can access under News. Munir. -- Munir Humayun Secretary of the Meteoritical Society, Professor Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science & National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Florida State University 1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive Tallahassee, FL 32310 FAX: (850) 644-0827 metsocsec@gmail.com (or cc. humayun@magnet.fsu.edu)