Jack D. Ives passed away on September 15, 2024. He was a CanadianÌýmontologist, an honorary adjunct research professor of geography and environmental studies at Carleton UniversityÌýin Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, an author, and a prominent advocate of mountain issues at the global level. From 1967 to 1979 Ives served as director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, and Professor of GeographyÌýfrom 1967 to 1989.ÌýWhile at Boulder, Ives founded and edited two peer-reviewed quarterly journals. Ìýfirst appeared in 1969.ÌýIn 1980 Ives, along with Roger Barry, Misha Plam, and Walther Manshard, founded the Ìý(±õ²Ñ³§).