We’ve learned that Michel André of Ecole Polytechnique Federale (Lausanne, Switzerland), author of Homologie des algèbres commutatives and the André of André–Quillen homology, died in a mountain accident in July. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Thanks to Rodney Sharp and Markus Brodmann for sharing the sad news.
We haven’t been able to find any more information about André’s passing; anyone with more details is encouraged to share them here.
André died in a tragic hiking accident. There was a memorial conference in May 2011; see our entry for the conference.