November 15, 2011 | News | Obituary

Nancy Vaupel passed away

Nancy Vaupel passed away on Friday, 11 November 2011 at the age of 64 after serious illness. From 1996 to 2000, she helped to build up the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research as Head of the Office of Information Systems and Services. She was responsible for the demographic data collection and acquisition, the IT infrastructure and services, the communication and editorial services, as well as the documentation and library services. She left a deep imprint on the Institute not least because she played a central role in hiring a great number of the current Institute's support staff. To collaborate with Nancy Vaupel meant intense and professional exchange of knowledge, expertise, and advice combined with rare warmth and understanding. After her return to the USA in 2000, she worked as a research administrator at Duke University.

Read the  eulogy (PDF File, 64 kB) given by her brother James Vaupel at the memorial service.