Prof. Liulevicius was one of the most influential professors I have had at the U of C. He gave me (a non-precocious) student of math the confidence to pursue graduate studies in the mathematical sciences and now I am faculty at a large research university.  I remember the office hours and the hot raspberry tea he would serve immediately upon my entry into his office along with his wooden sandals. A great human being. He will be missed.

I was a student of Prof. Liulevicius in 1977 in a Differential Topology class for my M.S. degree. He took extra time in his office hours to help me with understanding the concepts. I have always fondly remembered his kindness towards helping me. He was truly a special person and was very generous with his time in helping students. I offer my condolences to his family.

Bala Subrahmanyam
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

It was my good fortune to be a member of a group of graduate students known locally as Arnie's Army.
This sobriquet underlined the extraordinary efforts that Arunas ( I could never bring myself to call him
Arnie) put into educating us and directing our first forays into research. In retrospect he combined a subtle
demand for hard work along with great patience. The problem he gave me for my thesis involved a lot of computation so he could expect me to keep hammering away. Even when I was getting nowhere (as I thought)
he could offer encouragement that was convincing. I do not know how he did it. I offer my condolences to his family and will continue to remember him with affection.

John Harper

January 14, 2019 | Student

I was a student in Dr. Liulevicius' point-set topology class in the Fall Semester of 1963, if memory serves.  He was an excellent teacher, and many of those who took his class remember wonderfully-put expressions that he invented, such as "Let me not insult your intelligence by (doing whatever)" or "proof by bare hands."   He had too many of these bon mots to count.  I was proud of the fact that I was the only person in the University who seemed to be able to pronounce his name correctly.

He saved my career twice by talking me out of leaving.  If it hadn't been for him, I would not have had the career I ended up with.  I will be grateful for his presence in my life forever.  The last time I saw him, which was when we ran into each other at the annual AMS/MAA Mathematics Conference in New Orleans many years ago, I told him this, and he shrugged it off as nothing, but it was't nothing.  To me it was everything.

God bless him.

John Wenger

My condolences to his family and to all who knew him.  He's a treasure. 
I was his student as an undergraduate and spent many an office hour with him (and his ever-ready box of Le Petit Ecolier dark chocolate cookies, which he graciously shared, even insisting I take one for later if I wasn't hungry). 
I had a lot of "Aha!" moments thanks to him -- often hours after we met in his office because his pedagogical approach was just like that (similar to Professor Karl Weintraub in that regard, also at the University of Chicago, who often said "It'll hit you at 3 in the morning").  
Every time I came to reunion, I'd make a special effort to see Professor Liulevicius. And years later, when I went back to graduate school in applied & interdisciplinary math, I found I could help my pure math colleagues with their algebra. 
The last time I saw him, I told him that story and thanked him again for his wonderful algebra lessons, which perhaps were reinforced in my memory by the association with those tasty cookies. He smiled, then told me he thought I always looked hungry.  And as if in a comedy routine, he immediately offered me a cookie, and we both laughed.  

I wish to offer my deepest sympathy to Arunas' family.  He was an older colleague of mine in the Math Department. He was an inspiration to me, with advice and encouragement on mathematics and other subjects of deep mutual interest.  I have missed him very much in recent years since he no longer came to the Math Department.  His memory will be a deep blessing to me.

I just happened to stumble on this memorial while investigating some research materials. I would like to offer my sincere condolences to the Liulevicius family. I took my first "real" math class, an introduction to modern algebra, from Mr. Liulevicius (as he was addressed in class) when I was an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. I had essentially no background in mathematics; in fact, mathematics was my worst subject in high school and it was a bit of a fluke that I decided to take some additional, and arguably unnecessary, math classes in college.  As an instructor, he was superb and very, very considerate and generous with his time. I later took an introductory course in algebraic topology from him which was also excellent. He had a profound impact on me and was a major factor in my deciding to continue to graduate school in mathematics. He was easily one of the most influential teachers in my life. I feel very fortunate to have known him.

AVIS DE DÉCÈS

Arunas L Liulevicius

6 novembre 1934 – 21 décembre 2018

Berry Highland West

Montrez votre soutien

Envoyez Vos
Condoléances

Partager
L'avis De Décès

Obtenir les mises à jour

Prestations de Service