From: Steve Awodey <awodey@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: Richard Blute <rblute@uottawa.ca>
Cc: Categories List <categories@mq.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Phil Scott
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:23:15 -0500 [thread overview]
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Dear Rick (and Categories, in cc),
This is very sad news indeed - thank you for letting us know.
When I spoke with Phil last spring (by zoom), I asked whether we’d be able to meet somewhere in the summer - maybe at the CT, or in the UK - and he replied quite matter of factly that he was battling cancer and probably wouldn’t be able to travel. If only I had known that would be the last time I would speak to him! I would have told him how grateful I am for everything he has given me over the years: his mathematical teaching, in print, lectures, and in private conversations; his advice on educational, professional and editorial matters; and most of all, his personal support and friendship. We will all miss him as an insightful and influential member of our community, and I will also miss him as a kind and generous mentor and friend. Thank you, Phil!
And best wishes to you all,
Steve
On Dec 18, 2023, at 11:10 PM, Richard Blute <rblute@uottawa.ca> wrote:
It is with great sadness that we convey the news to the category theory community that our good friend and colleague Phil Scott passed away this morning (18th December, 2023) after a long battle with cancer.
Phil’s many contributions to category theory are well known. Phil and Jim Lambek essentially invented the field of categorical proof theory with a series of papers that culminated in the book “Introduction To Higher-Order Categorical Logic”, which is still the standard text on the subject. Phil’s research went well beyond these initial works: he made major contributions to theoretical computer science, linear logic, inverse semigroup theory and recursion theory.
Those of us who knew him personally will always think of him as a mentor, a friend and a genuinely kind soul.
Rick Blute
Robin Cockett
Simon Henry
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2023-12-19 4:10 Richard Blute
2023-12-19 12:44 ` JS Lemay
2023-12-19 14:02 ` Timothy Porter
2023-12-19 14:18 ` Sergei Soloviev
2023-12-19 14:51 ` Prakash Panangaden
2023-12-19 15:29 ` Gordon Plotkin
2023-12-19 15:48 ` Michael Barr, Prof.
2023-12-19 16:03 ` [EXT] " Bob Coecke
2023-12-19 17:08 ` Tom Leinster
2023-12-19 17:42 ` Sadrzadeh, Mehrnoosh
2023-12-19 22:16 ` Chris Heunen
2023-12-19 16:57 ` Sacha Ikonicoff
2023-12-19 17:45 ` Yan Steimle
2023-12-19 22:19 ` Michael Healy
2023-12-19 17:23 ` amp12
2023-12-19 17:46 ` Peter Hines
2023-12-19 19:25 ` Peter Selinger
2023-12-20 1:01 ` Ross Street
2023-12-20 9:33 ` Noam Zeilberger
2023-12-20 15:23 ` Steve Awodey [this message]
2023-12-20 17:17 ` Jason Parker
2023-12-20 19:49 ` Joyal, André
2023-12-20 21:00 ` Eduardo J. Dubuc
2023-12-20 21:20 ` Dusko Pavlovic
2023-12-20 21:25 ` Martin Escardo
2023-12-20 22:52 ` andrej.bauer
2023-12-20 22:10 ` Oosten, J. van (Jaap)
2023-12-21 15:23 ` [External] " James Lipton
2023-12-26 20:22 ` Dominic
2023-12-19 17:52 Jean-Baptiste Vienney
2023-12-21 15:12 Eduardo J. Dubuc
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