Dear Gouxiong,

　　Please accept my sincere condolences on the occasion of Prof. Duzheng Ye's death. It is always a deep sorrow to loose a friend, a colleague and a teacher. Teachers sometimes become scientific father/mother and keep a good contact with their students. When teachers produce the students which become later even more famous than they are, these teachers are Special. Please give IUGG deep condolences to the family of Prof. Ye.

　　Dear Jenny,

　　please prepare a short obituary and send it to me before 22 October to be published in the November issue of the IUGG E-Journal. Thank you.

　　All the best,

　　Alik