<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">How very sad to hear this news. I send my condolences to his family and his many friends. I will always remember him — so very brilliant, so very kind. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Linda</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Optima" color="#1948ff" style="color: rgb(25, 72, 255); font-family: Optima; font-size: 10px;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Linda Melanson</i></b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Optima" color="#1948ff" style="color: rgb(25, 72, 255); font-family: Optima; font-size: 10px;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">11 Fieldstone</i></b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Optima" color="#1948ff" style="color: rgb(25, 72, 255); font-family: Optima; font-size: 10px;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Upton, MA 01568-1597</i></b></font></div><div style="color: rgb(25, 72, 255); font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; font-size: 10px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Optima" color="#1948ff" style="color: rgb(25, 72, 255); font-family: Optima; font-size: 10px;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">iPhone 508-282-0523</i></b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 4, 2018, at 6:23 PM, Evangel Nogales De La Morena <<a href="mailto:ENogales@lbl.gov" class="">ENogales@lbl.gov</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class="">Dear all, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is with great sadness and disbelief that we write to let you know that Ken Downing passed away last night, peacefully, at his house, surrounded by his loving family.<br class=""><br class="">Ken made numerous contributions to our field and was respected and loved by everyone that knew him. His unique sense of humor, his kindness and his insights will be deeply missed.<br class=""><br class="">Eva Nogales and Sharon Wolf</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span id="cid:59644FAA-355E-42C4-8D3D-DF8A76BF67F3"><Downing_lab_picture_GRC_2003.jpg></span><span id="cid:DCF226C8-06FF-49BC-9A6A-39496EE57CC3"><DSCF1890_small.jpg></span><br class=""><div class="">
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