[Maths-Education] Very sad news

[Alan Rogerson]

We have just received the news from Italy of the untimely death of 
Filippo Spagnolo, of the University of Palermo. He was a dear friend and 
colleague going back to our first meeting in 1979, and was the local 
organiser of our very successful Project Conference in Sicily in 2002. 
Filippo was a wonderful person, open-hearted, generous and full of 
energy and humour. He was a tireless worker in mathematics education at 
all levels and was especially helpful and encouraging to his many 
students at the University of Palermo. All of those who knew him will be 
saddened to hear of his death, and he will truly leave an empty place in 
our hearts and minds that no one else can fill.
Alan Rogerson