Abstract
Hans-Peter Eugster, artist and internationally known earth scientist, died unexpectedly at the age of 62 on December 17, 1987, of a ruptured aorta as he was being admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The cause of death appeared to be unrelated to previous cardiac problems. He is survived by his wife, Elaine H. Kop-pelman, James Beall professor of mathematics and computer science at Goucher College, his three daughters, Rachel, Erica, and Sandra, and two brothers, Conrad and Carl, in Switzerland. He will be remembered as perhaps the most broadly accomplished petrologist of our time, equally proficient in theory, experiment, and field. His contributions to mineralogy were monumental, covering the fullest range of states, temperature, pressure, crystal-linity, and composition.
