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In 2014, Bryan was awarded the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Walter H. Bucher Medal: “Many would agree that the recognition of plate tectonics has been the most significant development in the geosciences since Darwin and Wallace proposed evolution by natural selection…No one has made a greater contribution to our understanding of the subduction of oceanic lithosphere than Bryan Isacks.” At Cornell Bryan served as the William and Katherine Snee Professor of Geological Sciences, the Director of the Institute for the Study of the Continents (INSTOC), and Chairman of his Department for many years. Throughout his career, Prof. Muawia Barazangi, Bryan’s best friend for decades, collaborated on many projects. Bryan loved best creating projects in which he could include colleagues and students, never pulling rank as leader, and sharing credit with all involved. His consulting over the years with NASA and the National Science Foundation enabled him to introduce a wide array of his students and colleagues to obtain employment and funding, enhancing the inclusion for people of color and women, which Bryan quietly championed throughout his life. After Bryan’s stroke, he appreciated the many ways his colleagues Terry Jordan and Rick Allmendinger, Larry Brown, Matt Pritchard, Dan Karig, Steve Gallo and Rob Ross (Museum of the Earth) included him paralyzed in his wheelchair, and brought the world of geophysics into his restricted life when he could no longer travel at all. Bryan was a steadfast advocate for the creation of the Museum of the Earth (MOE) in affiliation with his department at Cornell. He also led a project in the Finger Lakes region that studied