In memoriam: W. Ross Stone 26 August 1947 – 29 March 2023

Abstract

It is with great sadness that we inform all radio scientists of the passing of Ross Stone, Editor of the URSI Radio Science Bulletin. Ross was born in San Diego, California, USA on August 26, 1947. He grew up and went to school in San Diego, where he received his BA in geophysics in 1967 at the age of 19, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in applied physics in 1973 and 1978, all from the University of California, San Diego. He died in San Diego on March 29, 2023, after a long illness.