18-04 2021 19:17
wrote:
If a river basin is the ultimate integrator of water (what comes out at the end being the result of all upstream activities), Tony was surely the ultimate integrator of ideas. As noted in so many of the contributions to this page, he was supportive, challenging, insightful, curious, accommodating, generous, modest and intellectually brilliant.
But his most unusual talent was to provide space for others to participate and contribute to the greater whole. Thus he was proud to mention that the London Water Group included representation of farmers, bankers, politicians, hydrologists, economists, sociologists, lawyers, and others—each of whom had something to add when provided with the support and space that Tony, uniquely, provided.
I too shall miss him hugely.
18-04 2021 19:17
wrote:
If a river basin is the ultimate integrator of water (what comes out at the end being the result of all upstream activities), Tony was surely the ultimate integrator of ideas. As noted in so many of the contributions to this page, he was supportive, challenging, insightful, curious, accommodating, generous, modest and intellectually brilliant.
But his most unusual talent was to provide space for others to participate and contribute to the greater whole. Thus he was proud to mention that the London Water Group included representation of farmers, bankers, politicians, hydrologists, economists, sociologists, lawyers, and others—each of whom had something to add when provided with the support and space that Tony, uniquely, provided.
I too shall miss him hugely.
