[CPM-SPIRE-L] the ultimate Raconteur

[Laxmi Parida]

Dear all,

To continue Raffaele's account: on the eve of the Lipari school, we had a 
quite and beautiful social event with Alberto and others. I sat with him 
for dinner and with his usual humorous style he amused us with his 
stories. The next morning, he was even caring enough to ask me if I had 
slept well. He attended the talks that morning, sitting in the first row, 
with his usual eagerness. 

I will always miss him.

 Laxmi




From:   Raffaele Giancarlo <raffaele.giancarlo at unipa.it>
To:     cpm-spire-l at lists.cs.ucr.edu
Date:   07/21/2015 06:27 PM
Subject:        [CPM-SPIRE-L] the ultimate Raconteur
Sent by:        cpm-spire-l-bounces at lists.cs.ucr.edu




Dear All,

this is a message from an undergraduate at University of Salerno. I 
met Professor Apostolico in November 1978.
He was teaching a first year course in the Computer Science Curriculum 
at Unisa: Teoria e Applicazioni delle Macchine Calcolatrici. It became 
immediately  clear to all of the student body  that Professor 
Apostolico was very special. Indeed, over the next few years, in 
addition to this new thing of pattern matching and compression 
algorithms, his storytelling was a strong magnet for many of us.

As many of you in this list, I had the privilege to listen to his 
stories, work with him, even meet during Christmas vacations for a 
chat in Salerno. For many many years.

The last story comes from Lipari. It is short chronicle. After CPM in 
Ischia, an island that he was very close to,   he sailed for a couple 
of weeks the Eolian Islands, with friends and family.
He went from Salerno to Maratea, then crossed to Stromboli. Finally, 
he got to Lipari for the school. When I saw his boat docking in the 
harbor my undergraduate hearth started beating very fast: more 
stories, more fun and more things to do.

More Alberto!!!.

I called him up immediately.

Unfortunately, last night, this came to an end and I went through 
moments that I do not wish to anyone.

I feel a void, but thanks to you this undergraduate does not feel 
lonely tonight.


I can still see Obliqua docked, so the only thing that I can say is:

Buon Vento Alberto.

raffaele

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