Jonahs (Brian Cardall)

Brain Layton Cardall had a Masters’ degree and gave the scientific world a way to see things differently than they had seen it before. He was one of the most outstanding people I have ever known. He was a consistently friendly, hard working, intelligent, witty and even-tempered guy. He was a kind and gentle human being. He was a devoted father and a caring husband. He had all of the intellectual, creative and scientific tools he needed to become one of the most outstanding scientists of his generation. His work spanned questions and applications from molecules to ecosystems. But Brian, although he is no longer with us, does not seem to be tired of discovery quite yet. His work and love of nature lives on in his publications, those that have already explained so much about the natural world, as well as those on cottonwoods and tamarisk, on tamarisk and beetles, and on marine isopod crustaceans, all of which are very close to completion and eventual publication.