[Maths-Education] Sad news

[Kate Mackrell]

I received the following message from Tom on 29th Nov, entitled "Looka!" and felt I should pass this on to all UK people who didn't happen to be on his mailing list.  He was a great guy.

Kate
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Hi,

I have recently run across some loosely connected groups that are the most ATM-ish I've met in a long time. (That's my highest compliment.)

Take a look? (Among other things they have a wide variety of seminars. Sliceforms gets a go shortly.)

http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/events

Warmest regards.

Tom
www.professortobbs.com
www. mathplace.net

“Wayfarer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more. Wayfarer, there is no road, the road is made by walking,”  -- Antonio Machado, Spanish lyrical poet. 


On 2010-12-15, at 1:54 PM, Sue Pope wrote:

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> Dr. Tom O'Brien died at 11:26 PM, December 6, 2010. There is a memorial being 
> planned for mid January, 2011. If you would like to write to his wife Gail 
> Marshall and her family her address is 665 South Skinker Blvd, Apt 4D, St. 
> Louis, MO 63015. Her e-mail address is tobrien001 at earthlink.net or 
> gailandtom at compuserve.com . Gail tells me that there should be an obit posted at 
> the St Louis Post Dispatch by tomorrow or as soon as the memorial service date 
> is set.
> Tom and his wife Gail Marshall had returned to St Louis about a year ago after 
> having lived in CA for several years. Their new living quarters over looked 
> Forest Park. Through the Internet Tom was active in his math and political life 
> all way up until a couple of days prior to his death.
> Apparently Tom had been fighting cancer for quite some time but was sure he 
> could solve this problem like he does all of his math problems so he did not 
> tell anyone of his illness. His wife Gail honored his wish not to tell anyone of 
> his battle against cancer.
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