Rosemary Helen Lowe-McConnell (1921–2014), Honorary Foreign Member in Ichthyology

DISTINGUISHED, revered, and well-loved fish ecologist ROSEMARY HELEN LOWE-MCCONNELL (Fig. 1) died in Ditchling, England on 22 December 2014, at the age of 93. The response worldwide to her death was swift and heartfelt: obituaries in major London newspapers, The Guardian (Greenwood, 2015), The Telegraph (Anonymous, 2015a), and The Times (Anonymous, 2015b), recounted details of her long and rich life with overwhelming admiration and respect as did tributes by ichthyologist colleagues (Reid, 2015; Stiassny and Kaufman, 2015). She was remembered as generous and gregarious and engaged fully in the work and lives of students and professionals whose friendships she cultivated and whose careers she nurtured. The extraordinary life of Ro, as she was almost universally known, was chronicled in three articles by Bruton (1994a, 1994b, 1994c), including a bibliography and an interview, and a celebration of...