From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/1852 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Christopher R A Gilmour" Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Tragic news of Japie Vermeulen Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 17:53:21 +0200 Organization: University of Cape Town Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241018152 812 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:15:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:15:52 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Wed Feb 14 12:53:03 2001 -0400 Return-Path: Original-Received: (from Majordom@localhost) by mailserv.mta.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1EG2Qq18955 for categories-list; Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:02:26 -0400 (AST) X-Authentication-Warning: mailserv.mta.ca: Majordom set sender to cat-dist@mta.ca using -f X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.33) Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 34 Original-Lines: 28 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:1852 Archived-At: Dear colleagues It is with great sadness and pain that I tell you that Japie Vermeulen died tragically on the night of Sunday 11 February. He was on his way back from visiting family in Ceres, about a two-hour journey from Cape Town. He had taken a route through Bain's Kloof, a spectacular pass over the mountains between Ceres and Wellington. It was established that his car was overheating, the radiator was found to be empty and there was a hole in a water pipe. He had taken a container and attempted to descend a steep path to fetch water from a stream. He slipped and fell 10 to 15 metres, hitting his head and fracturing his skull. He died instantly. His body was eventually found, after a search, at 5pm on Monday. All who knew Japie will mourn a wonderful human being and a brilliant mind. ______________________________________________________________________ Prof Christopher Gilmour, E-mail: CRAG@maths.uct.ac.za Department of Mathematics Phone: +27-(0) 21-650-4065 and Applied Mathematics, or 650-3192 University of Cape Town, Fax: +27-(0) 21-650-2334 Rondebosch 7701, South Africa