From: grschmidt@acm.org   
      
   On 24/2/25 02:16, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > Mark R. Leeper passed away on February 22, 2025.  His end was very   
   > peaceful; one moment there was a breath, and the next there wasn't.   
   >   
   > Mark was born in Chicago in 1950, and has lived in Chicago, West   
   > Virginia, Ohio, Massachusetts, California, Michigan, and for the last 47   
   > years, New Jersey.  He received a B.S. in mathematics from the   
   > University of Massachusetts in 1972, an M.S. in mathematics from   
   > Stanford University in 1974, and an M.E. in electrical engineering and   
   > computer science from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1982.  While at   
   > Stanford, he had a paper published in aequationes mathematicae (Vol. 10,   
   > Fasc. 1, 1974) on which he had begun work as an undergraduate, “An Odd   
   > Solution to the Functional Equation P((x+1)/2)=exp P(x)”.  He was   
   > employed at Bell Laboratories in Holmdel and surrounding locations for   
   > 23 years until his retirement in 2001.  After retiring he ran a free   
   > drop-in math tutoring session twice a week for a dozen years at the Old   
   > Bridge Public Library, and when he had to leave for health reasons, it   
   > was continued by some of the students he had tutored.   
   >   
   > For many years, Mark had been the longest-running film reviewer on the   
   > Internet, regularly publishing reviews since 1984, and being a member of   
   > the Online Film Critics Society since 2014.  His first science fiction   
   > convention was Boskone VI (1969) and he attended dozens of conventions,   
   > serving on panels about film, and also leading origami workshops at many   
   > of them.  In 1978, Mark and his wife founded the science fiction club at   
   > Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, which existed until their retirement in   
   > 2001, and then continued to produce THE MT VOID, a weekly zine featuring   
   > Mark's editorials and film writing.  It was published continuously over   
   > 46 years, with over 2300 issues.  Mark traveled to about five dozen   
   > countries and published several lengthy travelogues on-line.  He leaves   
   > behind him his wife of 52 years Evelyn, sister Sherry, brother David,   
   > and many cousins, nieces, nephews, godchildren, and friends.   
   >   
   > In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the UMass Amherst   
   > Foundation, for the Leeper Mathematics Scholarship.   
   >   
      
   My condolences.   
      
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