Dear colleagues, I am saddened to pass on the news that Fields Cobb passed away on November 7th in Sandpoint, Idaho, where he retired after many years at UC Berkeley. We'll miss our passionate friend and insightful mentor. His family and Det Vogler prepared the attached obituary. Warm regards, Tom Tom Harrington tcharrin(a)iastate.edu Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology 351 Bessey Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 ph: 515-294-0582 fax: 515-294-9420 http://www.public.iastate.edu/~tcharrin/homepage.html