Matthew J. Parker  
(President of AMS 2017)

​Matt had a great vision for AMS, cared a lot about career support for students and early career scientists.

​He was genuinely kind, supportive, caring and wanted to so much for our profession.
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He will be forever missed...

​Professor Mark Pagani

Mark was the coolest, most supportive professor I ever met.

It was an honor and a privilege to have known him.

​He (& his no-nonsense attitude) will be dearly missed.

Professor Jón Egill Kristjánsson

​​Professor Kristjansson was very kind and supportive.

Whenever I met him at conferences and workshops, he would always listen to my research ideas and give me excellent feedback.

I will miss him dearly.

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 
Kemal Ataturk was the founder of Turkish Republic.
Under his leadership, Turkey became the second country in Europe to give women the right to vote (1930).