UW News

October 6, 2005

Memorial for Tony Qamar to be held Tuesday, Oct. 11

Friends, family and colleagues of Anthony Qamar, UW professor of Earth and Space Sciences, will gather in a special memorial service at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, in 120 Kane, with a reception to follow in Kane’s Walker-Ames Room.


Qamar was killed in a car accident near Hoquiam, Wash., on Tuesday, while traveling with seismologist Dan Johnson of the University of Puget Sound. A slide show is being created of Qamar’s life and if you have digital images you wish to share, inquire via e-mail at ke5826@gmail.com.