It is with great sadness that the ISRM informs that Prof. Álvaro González García passed away on 9 February 2022, in Bogota. Prof. Álvaro González's professional career developed as a Geotechnical Engineer in projects related to roads, railways, hydroelectric projects, aqueducts and sewers, irrigation, mining, foundations, tunnels, sanitary fills, pavements and risks assessment. He was an excellent Engineer, Professor and remarkable Human Being who leaves us an important legacy.

Prof. González was active in the ISRM. In 2007 he was elected VP for South America and, very deservedly, he was appointed a Fellow of the Society in 2017.

Prof. Álvaro González was a frequent participant in the ISRM Symposia, where he will be missed, and kept many friends in our Society, which remember his kindness, his joyful attitude towards life and his great knowledge.

The thoughts of the ISRM community are with his wife, his daughters, close family and friends.