Jack Morava RIP

He passed away on August First.I met Jack and Lili in TIFR in 1972 while he was on his way back to USA after visiting Steklov institute. He gave a course on Morava K-Theory in Bombay attended by me and M.S. Raghunathan and later visited ISI, Kolkata. I visited Jack and Lili in Kolkata and later a few times in Baltimore and Chalottville some times with my family. Lili worked in Indiana while I visited the university during 1979-80. At that time I did not know driving and Lili regularly took us shopping and Jack used to visit her there. Both have been very dear friends for a long time. I have been regularly in touch with him by gmail and I will miss him. A memory of Jack Morava: He was visiting ISI Kolkata. I think he met an agricultural scientist from ISI in Moscow and I think that is how he ended up visiting ISI. We had a wonderful time for a week or so and the agricultural scientist arranged a musical concert in house. The lady who sang was not a professional singer I think but she was transformed when she started singing. When the time came to leave, Jack and Lili came to Howrah station to see me off. Jack was an affectionate chap and I was afraid he would hug me at the station. At the last moment I stood a yard away from him and stretched my hand to say good bye. But it did not help. He gave big hug anyway. I got into the train and reached my berth and met a fellow traveller introduced myself. He said he was a Mukherjee, a high class brahmin.The warmth of Jack and Lili was washed away by Shri Mukherjee. in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Morava https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morava_K-theory