Abraham Adrian Albert 1905-1972

of the foremost algebraists of the world and President of the American Mathematical Society from 1965 to 1967, died on June 6, 1972. For almost a year before his death it had become apparent to his friends that his manner had altered from its customary vigor to one which was rather subdued. At first they attributed this to a letdown which might have resulted from Albert's having recently relinquished a very demanding administrative position (Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences at the University of Chicago) that he had held for a number of years. Eventually it became known that he was gravely ill of physical causes that had their origin in diabetes with which he had been afflicted for many years.