CAUTION: The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie. It is a great sorrow to announce that Thomas Fox died home October 2 with the loving care of his wife Giovanna Carnevale. Thom was a category theorist, a teacher and a singer. He got his Phd from McGill University under the supervision of Michael Barr. He was a pionner in the application of categorical methods to deformation theory: https://www.math.mcgill.ca/fox/papers.html He taught at Dawson College and at McGill University, where he received the Principal's Prize for his teaching: https://reporter.mcgill.ca/thomas-fox-earns-mcgill-medal-for-lifelong-commit... His teaching was very highly rated by his students at Dawson: https://space.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/explorations/article/interview_tom_fox https://www.facebook.com/groups/2331051666 He enjoyed singing in many languages including Italian, French and Russian: https://www.math.mcgill.ca/fox/ I remember well the reception that Thom and Giovanna held at their place at the occasion of a category theory Octoberfest: Michael Barr, Jon Beck, Denis Higgs, Jim Lambek, Bill Lawvere, Michael Makkai, Barry Mitchell, Susan Niefield, Robert Paré, Gonzalo Reyes, Bob Rosebrugh, Myles Tierney and Don Van Osdol were there, to name a few. Thom will be missed. André [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
CAUTION: The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie. I don’t think I ever met Tom Fox, but I do remember Dusko Pavlovic telling me in 2005 about Tom’s phd work, and that work ended up being vital for the development of categorical quantum mechanics, ZX-calculus, DisCoCat, QNLP, and all the other stuff that has `spiders’. Thank you Thomas.
On 9 Oct 2021, at 19:02, Joyal, André <joyal.andre@uqam.ca> wrote:
It is a great sorrow to announce that Thomas Fox died home October 2 with the loving care of his wife Giovanna Carnevale.
Thom was a category theorist, a teacher and a singer.
He got his Phd from McGill University under the supervision of Michael Barr. He was a pionner in the application of categorical methods to deformation theory:
https://www.math.mcgill.ca/fox/papers.html
He taught at Dawson College and at McGill University, where he received the Principal's Prize for his teaching:
https://reporter.mcgill.ca/thomas-fox-earns-mcgill-medal-for-lifelong-commit...
His teaching was very highly rated by his students at Dawson:
https://space.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/explorations/article/interview_tom_fox
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2331051666
He enjoyed singing in many languages including Italian, French and Russian:
https://www.math.mcgill.ca/fox/
I remember well the reception that Thom and Giovanna held at their place at the occasion of a category theory Octoberfest: Michael Barr, Jon Beck, Denis Higgs, Jim Lambek, Bill Lawvere, Michael Makkai, Barry Mitchell, Susan Niefield, Robert Paré, Gonzalo Reyes, Bob Rosebrugh, Myles Tierney and Don Van Osdol were there, to name a few.
Thom will be missed.
André
[For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
CAUTION: The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie. This is very sad news, Andr\'e. Tom and Giovanna invited me to dinner a number of times during my visits to Montr\'eal. The first time I remember Giovanna opening the door, releasing the cooking aroma. After the kisses to three cheeks, I said ``Buon profumo!''. Giovanna said ``Oh, you speak Italian.'' After my denial, she responded ``Anyone who recognises buon profumo speaks Italian''. A lovely welcome to a wonderful evening and Italian meal. Another of Tom's talents was his cooking. My deep condolences to Giovanna and our community. Ross
On 10 Oct 2021, at 5:02 am, Joyal, Andr? <joyal.andre@uqam.ca> wrote:
It is a great sorrow to announce that Thomas Fox died home October 2 with the loving care of his wife Giovanna Carnevale.
Thom was a category theorist, a teacher and a singer.
He got his Phd from McGill University under the supervision of Michael Barr. He was a pionner in the application of categorical methods to deformation theory:
https://www.math.mcgill.ca/fox/papers.html
He taught at Dawson College and at McGill University, where he received the Principal's Prize for his teaching:
https://reporter.mcgill.ca/thomas-fox-earns-mcgill-medal-for-lifelong-commit...
His teaching was very highly rated by his students at Dawson:
https://space.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/explorations/article/interview_tom_fox
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2331051666
He enjoyed singing in many languages including Italian, French and
Russian:
https://www.math.mcgill.ca/fox/
I remember well the reception that Thom and Giovanna held at their place at the occasion of a category theory Octoberfest: Michael Barr, Jon
Beck, Denis Higgs, Jim Lambek, Bill Lawvere, Michael Makkai, Barry Mitchell, Susan Niefield, Robert Par?, Gonzalo Reyes, Bob Rosebrugh, Myles Tierney and Don Van Osdol were there, to name a few.
Thom will be missed.
Andr?
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CAUTION: The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie. I was very saddened to hear this news. My wife Susan and I have very fond memories of Fox (as he was known to us) and Giovanna ??? they were hugely hospitable to us when we arrived in Montreal (and in particular in their neighbourhood) in the Fall of 1983 when I was a young post-doc visiting McGill. Andy Pitts
On 9 Oct 2021, at 19:02, Joyal, Andr?? <joyal.andre@uqam.ca> wrote:
It is a great sorrow to announce that Thomas Fox died home October 2 with the loving care of his wife Giovanna Carnevale.
Thom was a category theorist, a teacher and a singer.
He got his Phd from McGill University under the supervision of Michael Barr. He was a pionner in the application of categorical methods to deformation theory:
https://www.math.mcgill.ca/fox/papers.html
He taught at Dawson College and at McGill University, where he received the Principal's Prize for his teaching:
https://reporter.mcgill.ca/thomas-fox-earns-mcgill-medal-for-lifelong-commit...
His teaching was very highly rated by his students at Dawson:
https://space.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/explorations/article/interview_tom_fox
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2331051666
He enjoyed singing in many languages including Italian, French and
Russian:
https://www.math.mcgill.ca/fox/
I remember well the reception that Thom and Giovanna held at their place at the occasion of a category theory Octoberfest: Michael Barr, Jon
Beck, Denis Higgs, Jim Lambek, Bill Lawvere, Michael Makkai, Barry Mitchell, Susan Niefield, Robert Par??, Gonzalo Reyes, Bob Rosebrugh, Myles Tierney and Don Van Osdol were there, to name a few.
Thom will be missed.
Andr??
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