ICIAM is sad to announce the death of Prof. Dr. Rolf Jeltsch its 7th president (2007-2011) on June 28, 2024 at the age of 78. Rolf Jeltsch retired from ETH Zurich in 2011 where he had been full professor of mathematics since 1989, head of the Math Department and also where he completed his doctorate in mathematics in 1972. A postdoctoral fellowship in Canada was followed by positions as an assistant professor in the USA (University of California Los Angeles and University of Kentucky) before moving to the Ruhr University Bochum in 1976 as a lecturer and later as a scientific advisor and...