It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Rick Firestone on September 9th.
Rick was a titan in the nuclear data world. In addition to his seminal work in the 8th edition of the table of isotopes, Rick was a visionary regarding the importance of neutron capture and scattering data who constantly pushed the nuclear structure evaluation community to think outside of its normal confines. He was also a wonderful mentor with an insatiable curiosity and sense of humor. He will be sorely missed.
