Stig Lundqvist, the driving force behind the creation of the Centre's Condensed Matter Group and Chairman of the ICTP Scientific Council from 1983 to 1992, died on 6 April after a long illness. He will be remembered not only for his keen scientific mind but also for his magnetic personality. Many ICTP staff members enjoyed long and memorable relationships with him, including Yu Lu, Hilda Cerdeira and Erio Tosatti.