From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/6655 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joyal=2C_Andr=E9?= Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Daniel Quillen Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 10:48:04 -0400 Message-ID: Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joyal=2C_Andr=E9?= NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1304297374 1906 80.91.229.12 (2 May 2011 00:49:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 00:49:34 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Mon May 02 02:49:28 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtpx.mta.ca ([138.73.1.4]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QGhKJ-0006hi-NZ for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 May 2011 02:49:28 +0200 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:45619) by smtpx.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QGhFm-00013x-AB; Sun, 01 May 2011 21:44:46 -0300 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QGhFi-0001re-4J for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Sun, 01 May 2011 21:44:42 -0300 Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:6655 Archived-At: Begin forwarded message: > From: Jean Quillen > Date: May 1, 2011 8:55:48 AM CDT > Subject: Daniel Quillen >=20 > Dear friends and colleagues, >=20 > =20 > My husband of almost 50 years, Daniel Gray Quillen died quietly and = peacefully on Saturday morning around 7 AM, April 30, 2011 at the age of = 70. He is finally at rest and no longer suffering. In the last week of = his life he was wonderfully cared for by the people of Haven Hospice. = My son David, daughter-in-law Amy, daughter Cindy and I were constantly = at his side. Dan died from the final stages of Alzheimer's and the = associated complications. We were able to follow his wishes of comfort = and not making his suffering last any longer than nature had planned.=20 >=20 > =20 > Alzheimer's is truly a terrible disease. It was very hard to watch = what it did to Dan over the past 5+ years. It stole the things he loved = and took him from me too early. It first took his ability to do = mathematics, then ability to play music, read, rational thinking and = finally recognition of those he loved (except me, thank goodness).=20 >=20 > =20 > I have no plans for an organized service. Dan's body has been donated = to medical science, following his clear and long standing wishes. If = the mathematics community would like to organize a memorial service or a = memorial colloquium we would be very pleased.=20 >=20 > =20 > Please do not send flowers. I don't know what I would do with them. = If people feel that they would like to do something, I would very much = support any assistance to your local hospice or to Haven Hospice=20 >=20 > www.havenhospice.org/donate_now.html >=20 > or Alzheimer's research >=20 > www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp.=20 >=20 > The work that hospice does in amazing and finding an answer to this = awful disease is unbelievably important. >=20 > =20 > Thank you for all your support and friendship recently and for almost = 50 years. >=20 > =20 > Jean >=20 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]