Fons' death has shocked and saddened me. Fons was one of my PhD supervisors between 1998 and 2002, together with Ype, and I worked as a postdoc with him after that. He has been one of the most influential people in my career. Fons taught me how to combine relevant and methodologically sound research with a generous, non-competitive attitude. He taught me how to write. He always had time to discuss analyses, review a text, or share a joke. He put me and his other PhD students on an international stage and gave us all the credits. We had many social events in our research group; whenever there were visitors from abroad we would go out to have dinner at some Indonesian restaurant or at Fons' home. We once took a group of South-African colleagues to the Keukenhof flower show and showed them how to eat raw herring at the market. During conference trips, Fons consistently helped me bargain a decent price for sourvenirs, such as a batik in Indonesia and a 'dragon ball' in China (it is depicted on our edited book on multilevel issues). So many memories... what a tremendous loss.
Fons' death has shocked and saddened me. Fons was one of my PhD supervisors between 1998 and 2002, together with Ype, and I worked as a postdoc with him after that. He has been one of the most influential people in my career. Fons taught me how to combine relevant and methodologically sound research with a generous, non-competitive attitude. He taught me how to write. He always had time to discuss analyses, review a text, or share a joke. He put me and his other PhD students on an international stage and gave us all the credits. We had many social events in our research group; whenever there were visitors from abroad we would go out to have dinner at some Indonesian restaurant or at Fons' home. We once took a group of South-African colleagues to the Keukenhof flower show and showed them how to eat raw herring at the market. During conference trips, Fons consistently helped me bargain a decent price for sourvenirs, such as a batik in Indonesia and a 'dragon ball' in China (it is depicted on our edited book on multilevel issues). So many memories... what a tremendous loss.
