From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/7518 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: F William Lawvere Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Aurelio Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:05:59 -0500 Message-ID: <55062.1355270759@buffalo.edu> Reply-To: F William Lawvere NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1355319275 27036 80.91.229.3 (12 Dec 2012 13:34:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:34:35 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Wed Dec 12 14:34:49 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtp3.mta.ca ([138.73.1.32]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TimSW-0002d0-Cz for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:34:48 +0100 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:58567) by smtp3.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TimNC-0005O8-4K; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:29:18 -0400 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TimRs-0003ea-9K for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:34:08 -0400 Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:7518 Archived-At: Dear Colleagues, We are so very sad that Aurelio is so unexpectedly=20 gone. We will sorely miss his unique contributions to our community.=20 It seems only yesterday (but actually it is 40 years)=20 since he, in Perugia, started to teach me his unique=20 Italian with the same enthusiasm that he applied to=20 learning category theory. I never ceased to admire=20 his quick grasp of mathematics, and his clear perception=20 of situations and characters. My life (like the lives of many of us) was enriched by his commentaries both wry and profound, yet=20 full of humor and kindness and warmth. As all the friends, I am deeply distressed at saying=20 goodbye to Aurelio. Bill=20 =20 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]