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PLEISTOCENE STUDIES IN SOUTHERN NEVADA IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF HERSCHEL C . SMITH In September, 1966, Herschel Cutler Smith died suddenly in Los Angeles. In his 59 years of life , he was many things— geolo gist, engineer, teacher, pilot. He was a builder by vocation and an archaeologist by avocation one of a scarce breed, a professional non professional. This most remarkable man had a boundless capacity for livin g , and the rare ab ility to coax dreams into reality. To him goes the credit for obtaining skilled personnel, the mechanical resources, and the maintenance and sustenance for them which made possible the Tule Springs Expedition, the largest interdisciplinary investigation o f a site ever completed in the United States. He was not an ordinary man, yet he was much more than just a man of many talents. Hersch was a friend. His vision , foresight and loyalty were the plans, the foundation, the very stuff from which the expedition was built. It is with a sense of loss and sadness that this publication, the final phase of the expedition he fostered, must be dedicated not to the man, but to his memory. .k
