Curious Mind: A Celebration of the Extraordinary Life and Ichnological Contributions of Adolf “Dolf” Seilacher (1925–2014)

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Figure 1. A. Adolf “Dolf” Seilacher (February 24, 1925–April 26, 2014), B. A young Dolf Seilacher in the field with Bernard Hauff and Walter Häntzschel (middle) (photograph courtesy of Edith Seilacher). C. Otto Heinrich Schindewolf (June 7, 1896–June 10, 1971), Dolf's supervisor at the University of Tübingen. D. Dolf and Frank Westphal (the vertebrate paleontologist at Tübingen) with Otto Schindewolf planting a gingko tree on the occasion of Schindewolf's 68^th birthday (photograph courtesy of Edith Seilacher).

Table 1. List of visiting professor appoints held by Dolf Seilacher.

Year	Rank	Institution
1960–1961	Assistant Professor	University of Baghdad, Iraq
1963–1964	Visiting Lecturer	Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
1968	Visiting Professor	University of California, Santa Cruz
1972	Visiting Professor	Moscow University
1973	Visiting Professor	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones, Científicas, Argentina
1979	Visiting Professor	University of Mosul, Iraq
1979	Distinguished Professor	University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
1979	Visiting Professor	University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1982	German National Fellow	New Zealand Universities
1984	Visiting Professor	Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan 1984 Visiting Professor Jiaozuo Mining College, Jiaozuo, Henan, China
1986	Visiting Professor	Wuhan College of Geology, Beijing, China
1986–1987	Visiting Professor	University of Benin, Cotonou, Benin
1987	Professor of Zoology	University of Washington, Friday Harbour Laboratories Washington
1989	Visiting Professor	Argentinean Paleontological Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1992	Visiting Professor	Kyoto University, Japan
1994	Visiting Professor	University of Valencia, Spain
1995	Visiting Professor	Natural History Museum, Chiba, Japan
1996	Visiting Lecturer	University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
1998	Professor of Zoology	University of Washington, Friday Harbour Laboratories (mollusk course with A. Cohn and M. LaBarbera)
2001	Erskine Fellowship	Canterbury University, Christchurch New Zealand

Figure 2. A. Dolf with Don Hattin of Indiana University (Bob Frey's thesis supervisor) in the field, circa 1978. B. Dolf with Rod Tillman (standing) and Chuck Seimers (sitting) in the field during a SEPM Field trip to the Book Cliffs in 1978; C. Dolf and others at probably the first ichnology field trip, 1971 in central Texas, from left to right: 5 graduate students at Rice at the time: Eric McHuron, Martin Schuepbach, John McCrevey, Ken McMillan, Mike Brady; Kent Chamberlain just behind Stan Bues; Leo Laporte in back, Steve Alpert in front; unknown hidden behind Steve; Cortez Hoskins big guy in back (Unocal Research), Bill Fischer in front next to Dolf, unknown partially hidden behind Bill, Chuck Campbell with face hidden, Dolf, Bob Perkins with red jacket, unknown, unkown and Bill Meyers Rice grad student. Photo taken by John Warme. (photo courtesy of John Warme); D. Mid-1970s field trip to the Ouachitas Mountains in Oklahoma, organized with symposium by Paul Basan, Amoco. Dolf on turbidites (photo courtesy of John Warme).

Figure 3. Dolf and his wife Edith, A. Dancing in 2010, B. Formal attire, C. In the field in Jordan, 2000 doing the peel “Waves of Petra” for Fossil Art, and D. With guides in Jordan, 2000. (Photographs courtesy of A. Ulrike Seilacher, B. Susam Butts, C. and D. Freidrich Pflüger).

Figure 4. A. The Craaford Prize medal front, awarded to Dolf in 1992; and B. Dolf receiving the Craaford prize from King of Sweden (photograph courtesy of Edith Seilacher).

Figure 5. Christian Meyer being “Dolfed” at a cathedral during the 5th International Lithographic Limestone Meeting in Switzerland (photograph taken by Daniel Marty, supplied courtesy of Christian Meyer).

Figure 6. Dolf the movie star. A. The DVD cover for the movie “Volcanoes of the Deep”, B. Dolf doing field work at the Zumaya Flysch in Spain, C. Paleodictyon nodosum, D. Dolf and Peter Rona aboard the research vessel Atlantis.

Figure 7. Dolf drawing a fossil specimen with the camera lucida (photograph courtesy of Hans Luginsland).

Figure 8. Fossil Art, A. Dolf with fossil preparator Hans Luginsland, B. The peel “Worm Burrow Jungle” from Fossil Art, C. The senior author with Dolf at the Fossil Art display at the 33rd International Geological Congress in Oslo, Norway in 2008. Note that Dolf is wearing his famous Paleodictyon tie.

Figure 9. Dolf in 2008 with his ubiquitous cigar (photograph courtesy of Ulrike Seilacher).