Dear All, It's, indeed, a very sad news and a great loss for everyone who had a pleasure to know Fred. He was a very dear and close friend of mine and my family---so for us, this loss is even more painful! Definitely, Fred was a very dedicated and talented mathematician and expert in many areas of the "classical" category theory. Fred also was a very kind and sensitive person combining the best qualities of the intelligence in the classical meaning of this concept! I'm sure many of us will miss Fred very much. Yefim ______________________________________ Prof. Yefim Katsov Department of Mathematics Hanover College Hanover, IN 47243-0890, USA Telephones: Office (812) 866-6119; Home (812) 866-4312; Fax (812) 866-7229 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]