From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.5 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, LOCALPART_IN_SUBJECT,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22955 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2023 23:50:22 -0000 Received: from smtp2.mta.ca (198.164.44.75) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 20 Feb 2023 23:50:22 -0000 Received: from rr.mta.ca ([198.164.44.159]:42466) by smtp2.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1pUFtN-0008CC-Nf; Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:48:21 -0400 Received: from majordomo by rr.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.92.1) (envelope-from ) id 1pUFt0-0006fl-QH for categories-list@rr.mta.ca; Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:47:58 -0400 From: Michael Healy To: "categories@mta.ca" Subject: categories: Bill Lawvere Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 01:56:29 +0000 Accept-Language: en-US, el-GR Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Michael Healy Message-Id: Dear colleagues, I am deeply affected by Bill Lawvere's departure. I met him rather late, at= the Category Theory conference at UBC in 1997. I knew very little, not hav= ing been schooled in that area of mathematics. So I introduced myself to tw= o new people whose works I had begun reading---Bill, and also Saunders Mac = Lane. They were very welcoming to a newcomer. In fact, it felt like Bill wa= s taking a new enthusiast under his wing, so to speak. He spent time with m= e during breaks and I will forever benefit from his time there and at later= conferences and in correspondence, and from the contributions he made to m= athematics. Very sincerely, Mike Healy [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]