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Neil's death is a terrible loss to high-energy astrophysics and to Science in general. When I first met Neil I was a graduate student at the University of Heidelberg in Germany and Neil came over to give a colloquium about early Swift results. I was impressed by his enthusiasm and scientific depth and his talk certainly contributed to me coming to the US to work on Fermi-LAT. When I got to know him better I found Neil to be a warm-hearted, open and deep personality who always was eager to help younger scientists to advance and find their place in the larger science community. I will miss him dearly.
Neil's death is a terrible loss to high-energy astrophysics and to Science in general. When I first met Neil I was a graduate student at the University of Heidelberg in Germany and Neil came over to give a colloquium about early Swift results. I was impressed by his enthusiasm and scientific depth and his talk certainly contributed to me coming to the US to work on Fermi-LAT. When I got to know him better I found Neil to be a warm-hearted, open and deep personality who always was eager to help younger scientists to advance and find their place in the larger science community. I will miss him dearly.
Added: February 7, 2017
Name: Graziano Chiaro
From: Italy
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Great Leader, great friend. Goodbye Neil