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Liebe Gerta                      
Aus eigener Erfahrung weiss ich, wie schmerzvoll es ist,
einen lieben Partner zu verlieren.
Geschriebene Worte können in einer solchen Situation
keinen echten Trost spenden.
Trotzdem ist mir ein grosses Bedürfnis, Dir zu diesem
grossen Verlust mein tief empfundenes Beileid
auszusprechen.
Ich hoffe, dass deine Erinnerung an den lieben Andy
In dieser schwierigen Zeit Trost und Kraft spenden,
um die Zukunft zu bejahen.

In stiller Trauer
Ernst Burkhalter

Gerne würde ich dir in dieser schwierigen Zeit
meine Hilfe anbieten. So kannst Du Dich aber
jederzeit auf mich verlassen.
Ernst

Dear Gerta

We just received the sad news about the passing of Andy. It hurts so much, and we can’t imagine how you feel right now. I immediately thought of our last visit to New York and our joint get-together in Andy’s favorite Italian restaurant…beautiful memories!

On March 1st, 2021 at 05:32 Sajitha gave birth to our first-born son Ben Kaveen and Andy passed away today…two completely opposite events that makes one realize how close joy and sadness are to each other. It hurts to know that Ben will never meet Andy in person.

We wish you all the strength you need to get through this difficult time and may the many memories of your journey together serve you as beacons on your path through grief. Andy has left a huge footprint in this world and will be missed and remembered by many! Our thoughts are with you.

Our condolences!

Love
Sajitha & Nico Faerber

Mein herzlichstes Beileid liebe Gert.

Ich weiss, wie gross deine Schmerzen über den Tod und Verlust von deinem geliebten Andy sind, ihr habt euch immer sehr geliebt.
Nach all den vielen Schmerzen, Aengsten und Zweifeln, die Andy für lange Zeit begleiteten, ist es aber auch tröstlich zu wissen, dass Andy nicht mehr leiden muss.
Andy ist jetzt an einem schönen Ort, er wird dich für immer beschützen.

Auch ich bin sehr traurig und erschüttert über sein langes Leiden und den frühen Tod.
Was mir bleibt, sind viele schöne Erinnerungen an Andy. Ich denke gerne zurück an unsere Reisen, Ferien und schönen Momente, die wir in all den Jahren gemeinsam erleben durften. 
Wir hatten immer viel Spass zusammen.
Das letzte Mal waren wir 2017 im Engadin in S-carl. Es ist doch noch gar nicht so lange her!
Liebe Gert, für die kommende Zeit, wünsche ich dir viel Kraft und Zuversicht. Ich bin immer für dich da.

Deine Marlis Faerber-Keller

Rest in peace, Prof. Andrew Majda. Sincere condolences to the Family.

I first met Andy at TMB at ICTP in the mid 2000s. I had been working with Jorgen Frederiksen on statistical dynamics and turbulence closures inspired by Kraichnan's work. At the time few people seemed interested in those difficult problems. Over the course of a week I had many long and interesting discussions with him on closure theory and atmospheric flows. He was one of the few people I had met who was not only interested, but who could instantly understand seemingly everything about the problem.

Whenever I met him after that time he was always generous with his time, always offering sharp insights and posing challenging questions and great to argue over details with. This seems to be a not uncommon experience for many of us.

My deepest condolences to his family.  

Remembrance of Andy J Majda
I am saddened to learn the passing away of Andy. I wish he were able to pull another decade to age 82. The Parkinson’s disease is horribly debilitating and I was so sorry that he got inflicted upon. I recall the healthy good time at his 60th birthday celebration in Fudan, China, he and Gerta were sweet in sharing how they met. I remember he and Gerta invited my wife Xinping and I for dinner at their Princeton mansion in 1991, with pleasant classical music playing in the background, delicious and well-prepared Swiss fondue (frying in hot oil on site), and most importantly the warm welcome and relaxing friendship, despite sharp debate in mathematics at work. Gerta showed many cute turtles in her basement as her children to my wife and me, at the time we did not have children yet. Over the years I enjoyed many letters of recommendation from Andy in supporting my job applications and career, valued his encouragement, and treasured his appreciation of my work. I learned a lot from his insightful observations in research, modern methodology, elegant presentation, diligence, devotion to the advancement of mathematics and science, as well as his healthy habit of regular physical exercise and work-hard play-hard philosophy. I admire his enormous contribution to mathematics and science and his love with Gerta. I consider myself fortunate to have met with Andy and Gerta, a pair of contemporary giants in science and in love. I wish Gerta refrain from sadness but embrace happiness instead and Andy rest in peace.
Yuxi Zheng
The Pennsylvania State University.

Andy was surely one of a kind. As a scientist, always after the theoretical root of a problem, but always keenly aware of its practical implications too. What impressed me the most was how willing Andy was, on some rare occasions, to abandon a view when confronted with observational reality. But you certainly had to have a compelling story for that to happen! As a friend he was very kind and generous. I have so many fond memories of great evening conversations with Andy and Gerta during visits to New York and engaging with Andy at various conferences over the years. His passion for science, appreciation of the natural world and the human condition, and his friendship will be deeply missed.

I came in contact with Andy precisely on March 25, 2012. My association as an active collaborator lasts for nine years. I wrote the first email to Andy requesting to learn more about multi cloud stochastic parameterization which finally happened through a historic collaboration under "Monsoon Mission" programme of Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India between UVIC, NYU and IITM, Pune. Andy's warm gesture and huge encouragement provided us the needed impetus to proceed with the novel idea of using stochastic multicloud parameterization in the NCEP CFS model to improve the fidelity of simulation of Indian Summer Monsoon. The guidance provided by Andy throughout the project will be in our grateful remembrance. I could see Andy in person in a conference at ICTS, Bangalore during 21-24 January 2013 and I post few eternal photographs here with Boualem, myself, Mitch Moncrieff, Woitech and Andy. Subsequently Andy and Gerta were kind enough to visit IITM, Pune and deliver four lectures including a public lecture under the banner of Indian Meteorological Society, Pune chapter. Andy and Gerta visited India during 6-25 December 2013 and they were in Pune during 6-19 December 2013. Four lectures and its video recordings will soon be made available at IITM website. The topics on which he delivered excellent talks were on 1) Multiscale Multicloudes Models for the Tropics , 2) Multi Cloud Models Basic Features and GCM Parametrizatioin, 3) Improving Parameterization through Stochastic Multiclouds Models, 4) Applied Math Perspectives on stochastic Climate Models. Andy was so kind that he even visited my residence and posed for a photo with my father. I and my group in IITM have learned so much from Andy and his works and i his guidance, mentorship will be forever remembered. We will greatly miss Andy forever. Will pray for his noble soul to rest in peace.

I met Andy in early 2006 when he interviewed me for a postdoc job.
My first impression of Andy from that meeting is that he is a genuine person with warm eyes. Then the rest of my academic journey is unfolded. His non-conservative approaches in doing research played central roles in my career.

One thing I truly appreciate is that Andy genuinely cares about math and sciences. From many years of knowing him, I am always amazed by not only the interest but also by the energy and efforts he had, for engaging in science discussions with people of various scientific backgrounds and listening to various talks. I mean seriously paying attention without being distracted by screening on a laptop or phone, I hardly remember seeing anyone else who can do that consistently.

Beyond being an academic “father” who supported my career, he was a friend. I remember he would take time on busy days to went to lunch with me and other postdocs/students, discussed various things, from basketball, football, soccer, food, wines, politics, social issues, etc. I will miss those great times with you and remember you not only as a great mathematician but for your kindness as a person. Rest in peace.

I met Andy in 2008 and was a postdoc with him from 2011-2015. I fondly remember lunches with Andy in the Courant lounge on the top floor. We discussed anything but work: football, politics, economics, restaurants, history. I remember remarking once that I needed coffee to counteract the tryptophan in a turkey sandwich that would make me sleepy, and he said that that was a myth. I looked it up and, as usual, he was right. I owe him a lot and will miss him.

I was lucky and privileged to be a part of Andy's world. He supported me for my entire career, and had an enormous impact on my development as a scientist. Most important, he was a friend. There are many memories that I cherish, among them a wonderful dinner with Andy and Gerta in Vancouver.

Andy pushed us all hard. As his postdoc, he could push me very hard - but that push made me fly. 

We know that he pushed himself so much harder.  He was willing and able to work to understand a whole new field of research (atmospheric sciences) in mid-career after having already done great work in PDE/combustion. He would engage with everyone: observational scientists, numericists, theorists and mathematicians. 

I have been amazed at how he could keep an amazing variety of problems in his mind at the same time, and was able to provide deep insights into so many of these problems. 

To the community at large, he was a pugilist and proud of his work. He had the right to be proud, and knowing more where he came from, I understood why he was so scrappy.  Privately, he was a kind man and a good friend.  Of all the things he accomplished in his career, he seemed proudest of having married Gerta. 

My sincere condolences to you, Gerta, and to all of us for having lost such a great mathematician and teacher. 

His life's work is eternal.

I first met Andy around 1995 or so when I was a student and e-mailed him about his work, and he kindly offered to talk to me on the phone about my questions. I often recall the many great occasions at his NCAR visits, to discuss science, but also culture and society with him. He inspired me and so many others to pursue both mathematical elegance, and research that benefits the world. I looked forward to see him again ---now I can just treasure the memories.

Life has never been easy for you. May you rest in peace!

Forever miss Prof. Majda.

I am one of Andy's latest Ph.D. students and Postdocs. I have been working with him since 2012. During the past 8 years, I learned so much from him, not only about tropical dynamics and applied math but also about his scientific philosophy and spirit. I saw his diligence and passion for mathematics and science. I also saw his strong willingness to fight his Parkinson.

In my first few years as a graduate student, he would sometimes criticize my work very harshly, which gave me a hard time to suffer. But I know he is trying to push me to improve myself in his own way. I still remember that once in a group meeting, he described this as tough love. In fact, after I made some improvement, he would generously offer his praise to me and encourage me to keep improving.

Being his student is probably the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me. I am afraid that I could not become a scientist and mathematician as successful as him, but I will always pursue to be a better person like him.

May his soul rest in peace.

Qiu Yang