Despite his longevity, it is still doleful to hear of the death of Peter Curran. He was a fine teacher. He was free with his praise and temperate with his criticism of others. I was an undergraduate at Fordham, 1957-1961, and a Mathematics major there. Pete Curran taught me in Complex Analysis (from Alfors), and in a seminar on Rings with Minimum Condition (from Artin). He was always generous to students (as were his colleagues Charles Lewis, Frank Crippen, and Mike Aissen). Pete, in his youth, struggled with many economic and family disadvantages. Consequently, It was far more difficult for him and his peers to acquire a mathematical education than it was for my generation. I thank him for all his help. His generosity shines across the many decades of his life. --Frank Connolly