Jack D. Ives passed away on September 15, 2024. He was a Canadian听montologist, an honorary adjunct research professor of geography and environmental studies at Carleton University听in 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 Geography听from 1967 to 1989.听While at Boulder, Ives founded and edited two peer-reviewed quarterly journals. 听first appeared in 1969.听In 1980 Ives, along with Roger Barry, Misha Plam, and Walther Manshard, founded the 听(滨惭厂).