You will recall that last month I went to a memorial service and all-day symposium for Andrew Chamblin, who passed away in February. (You can read much more in this link, particularly in the comment thread.) The memorial was in Louisville, Kentucky, where Andrew was on the Physics Faculty. Several of Andrew's friends, colleagues and collaborators came to the event. The dominant component of the attendance was from people who were in either of the physics departments at Louisville, Lexington and Cincinatti, the three closest cities, which have physics links with each other (some of those links involved collaborations with Andrew). Andrew's family and several close friends were there, and some physicists from further away, such as myself. There were also readings of the numerous letters and tributes that were sent and from other communications (e.g. from the thread of the post I did on this blog). These were from ...
In Memory of Andrew Chamblin
Join us for the Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture Fund, honoring his legacy through physics talks and annual lectures.
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