obituaries archive

Alex d'Arbeloff dies at 80 - Alexander Vladimir d'Arbeloff '49, a visionary entrepreneur who co-founded Teradyne before becoming chairman of the MIT Corporation, died peacefully on July 8. July 9, 2008

Jack Howard, chemical engineering professor emeritus, 70 - Jack Howard, a professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering, died on July 7 after a battle with brain cancer. He was 70. July 8, 2008

Laura Capone, senior associate dean in DSL, 47 - Laura Capone, senior associate dean for the Division of Student Life, passed away on Friday, July 4, at Addison Gilbert Hospital after a battle with cancer. She was 47. July 7, 2008

Robert C. Seamans Jr., 89 - Robert C. Seamans Jr., an MIT alumnus who was a leading NASA administrator during the Apollo program, the ninth secretary of the U.S. Air Force and the dean of MIT's School of Engineering from 1978-81, died on June 28. He was 89. June 30, 2008

Joseph F. Kuchta, 40-year veteran of MIT, golf coach - Joseph F. Kuchta, who spent almost 40 years with MIT as a safety officer and later golf coach, and who was renowned for his work with Alpha Phi Omega and other charitable organizations, died on Monday, June 23. He was 88. June 26, 2008

Lillian Sakey, former administrative assistant, 87 - Lillian (Battit) Sakey, who worked as an administrative assistant in the office of the Dean of Student Affairs until retiring in 1987, died on May 19. She was 87. June 23, 2008

Jane McNabb, worked at MIT for 47 years - Jane McNabb, a 47-year employee at MIT's Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography--a precursor to the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)--died on Saturday, May 24. She was 84. June 12, 2008

Robert I. Hulsizer Jr., physics professor emeritus, 88 - Professor of Physics Emeritus Robert I. Hulsizer Jr. PhD '48, a former chairman of the faculty and expert on elementary particle physics whose zeal for teaching science made him a student favorite at MIT, died on April 30 of complications from Alzheimer's. May 8, 2008

Theresa M. Roche, veteran of MIT Facilities - Theresa M. Roche, of Middleboro, Mass., an MIT Facilities employee for 15 years, died of complications from cancer on Monday, April 21, at Brigham and Women's Hospital. May 1, 2008

Harald A. Enge, retired physics professor, 87 - Harald A. Enge, retired professor of physics and member of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, died April 14 of respiratory failure. He was 87. April 30, 2008

Memorial service planned for Menand on April 22 - A memorial service is planned April 22 to celebrate the life of Louis Menand III, who died at age 85 of complications from cardiac surgery on Jan. 30. Menand was a senior lecturer in MIT's Political Science department. April 16, 2008

Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, dies at 90 - Edward Lorenz, an MIT meteorologist who tried to explain why it is so hard to make good weather forecasts and wound up unleashing a scientific revolution called chaos theory, died April 16 of cancer at his home in Cambridge. April 16, 2008

April 13 memorial service for J. Mark Schuster - A memorial service for J. Mark Schuster will be held in Bartos Theater at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13, followed by a reception in the adjacent atrium. April 10, 2008

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. April 9, 2008

William L. Kraushaar, high-energy astronomy pioneer, 87 - Professor William L. Kraushaar, a former MIT physics professor and a pioneer in the field of high-energy astronomy, died March 21 of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 87. March 31, 2008

Albert Hollander Sr., research engineer, 95 - Albert Alfred Hollander Sr., who spent more than three decades as an engineer in the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, died Friday, Feb. 7, at the South Shore Hospital. He was 95. March 31, 2008

Jin Au Kong, long-serving EECS professor, dies aged 65 - Professor Jin Au Kong, an expert on electromagnetic waves who served on the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science for nearly 40 years, died unexpectedly this week of complications from pneumonia. He was 65. March 13, 2008

Memorial service set for Robert M. Wells - A campus memorial service for the late Robert M. Wells will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15 in the MIT Chapel. A reception will be held in W11 following the service, and members of the MIT community are invited to attend. March 13, 2008

Joseph Weizenbaum, professor emeritus, 85 - Joseph Weizenbaum, professor emeritus of computer science at MIT who grew skeptical of artificial intelligence after creating a program that made many users feel like they were speaking with an empathic psychologist, died March 5 in Berlin. March 10, 2008

J. Mark Schuster, urban studies and planning professor, 57 - J. Mark Schuster PhD '79, a professor of urban studies and planning, an expert on arts funding policies and respected leader of First Night and other Boston cultural events, died Feb. 25 of complications from melanoma. He was 57. March 5, 2008

John C. Szczepanski, Lincoln Laboratory senior staff member, 58 - Physicist John C. Szczepanski SM '80, PhD '93, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and technical staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory for the past 15 years, died Feb. 11 in Huntsville, Ala., after a brief illness. He was 58. March 5, 2008

Professor Emeritus J. Francis Reintjes dies at 96 - MIT Professor Emeritus J. Francis Reintjes, celebrated for his keen wit and unassuming but steadfast leadership in electrical engineering and computer science, passed away Feb. 21 after a brief illness. He was 96. March 5, 2008

Miriam Yoffa Rich, former longtime lab technician, 88 - Miriam Yoffa Rich, who worked for 41 years as a laboratory technician at MIT, died Wednesday, Feb. 6. She was 88. March 5, 2008

Community mourns death of senior Robert M. Wells, 22 - Members of the MIT community are mourning the tragic death of Robert M. Wells, a senior in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Wells, 22, was originally from Ballston Spa, N.Y. March 3, 2008

John Meyer, nuclear engineer, 76 - MIT Professor Emeritus John Meyer, a nuclear engineer who spent more than 25 years at MIT until his retirement in 2001, passed away Jan. 11. He was 76. February 6, 2008

Renowned teacher, administrator Menand dies at 85 - Louis Menand III, a celebrated teacher and political scientist who served three consecutive MIT administrations in senior leadership roles, died Jan. 30 of complications from cardiac surgery. February 5, 2008

Robert P. Greene, alum and former administrator, 74 - Robert P. Greene '55, who spent more than 20 years working for MIT until his retirement in 1996, died Dec. 18. He was 74. January 28, 2008

Kenneth A. Wright, longtime researcher at MIT, 88 - Kenneth Wright, an alumnus and a physicist who spent more than 60 years at MIT researching the effects of radiation, died Jan. 7. January 22, 2008

Robert Weber, Lincoln Lab physicist, 81 - Physicist and astronomer Robert Weber (S.M. 1959), who worked at Lincoln Laboratory for more than three decades and helped develop a way to detect asteroids that might pose a threat to Earth, died in his home on Jan. 2. He was 81. January 8, 2008

Akiva Yaglom, research fellow, dies at 86 - Akiva Yaglom, a research fellow in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and an expert in turbulence theory, passed away Dec. 12 following a brief illness. He was 86. December 18, 2007

Lincoln Lab's Foner, 82, and Sandholm, 76 - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. November 28, 2007

Walter Shepherd Owen, professor emeritus, 87 - Walter Shepherd Owen, professor emeritus of physical metallurgy at MIT, died Oct. 10 at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 87. October 13, 2007

Obituary - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. October 3, 2007

Oct. 4 memorial for Stephen M. Meyer - A memorial service for Stephen M. Meyer will be held Thursday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m. in the MIT Chapel, the Department of Political Science announced.  October 3, 2007

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. September 19, 2007

John M. Buchanan, retired professor and noted biochemist, 89 - John M. "Jack" Buchanan, Wilson Professor emeritus of Biology, died June 25 in Lexington, Mass. He was 89. September 19, 2007

Hayward R. Alker, alum and former professor - Hayward R. Alker, an MIT alumnus and political scientist specializing in international relations, died Aug. 24 at his home in Block Island, R.I., following a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 69. September 19, 2007

Herb Pomeroy, founder of MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, dies - Jazz icon Herb Pomeroy, who founded the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble in 1963, died August 11 at his home in Gloucester. He was 77. Pomeroy, a trumpeter inspired by Louis Armstrong, played with such jazz greats as Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton and Lionel Hampton. August 14, 2007

Senior James Albrecht, 21, dies - James T. Albrecht, a senior majoring in mathematics and physics, who was widely respected for his contributions to academic and student life at MIT, died on July 22 in New York City. July 24, 2007

Eugene Bell, 'father of tissue engineering,' dies at 88 - Eugene Bell, a former MIT biology professor renowned for his pioneering work in the field of regenerative medicine, passed away on June 22. He was 88. A memorial service will be held at the MIT Chapel on Nov. 19. July 12, 2007

Joseph O'Connor, Draper Lab leader, dies at 77 - Joseph F. O'Connor, Draper Laboratory's retired vice president of human resources and administration (1981-1994) and secretary of the corporation (1994-2005), died June 11 of cancer at the age of 77. June 28, 2007

E. Cary Brown, fiscal policy expert, dies at 91 - As a professor of economics at MIT for more than 60 years, Brown taught a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses on tax policy design, statistical methods for economics and the economics of fiscal policy. June 27, 2007

Charles D. Paton dies, memorial on May 11 - Charles D. Paton, retired director of the Electrical Engineering Laboratories, died April 29. He was 78. May 9, 2007

Daniel J. Barclay, 22, shared wit, intelligence - The body of Daniel Barclay, an MIT graduate student who had been missing for nearly two weeks, was found washed ashore on Cape Cod last Thursday, April 19. With that sad discovery, a bright light and keen wit were lost to Barclay's family and friends. April 25, 2007

Student from Sofia, Senior House, dies at 20 - Ivan D. Dimitrov, an undergraduate from Sofia, Bulgaria, who was known among friends for his positive nature and passion for life, died on Saturday, April 21, as a result of injuries from a motorcycle crash. April 24, 2007

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. April 11, 2007

Physicist Francis E. Low dies at 85 - Francis E. Low, a retired MIT physicist and provost who worked on the Manhattan Project, died of heart failure on Feb. 16 at a retirement home in Haverford, Pa. He was 85. February 20, 2007

Walter Backofen, pioneer of superplasticity, dies at 80 - Walter Alan Backofen, retired MIT professor of metallurgy and materials science, died at his Marblehead home on Dec. 2. He was 80. January 30, 2007

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. January 10, 2007

William Orme-Johnson, inorganic biochemistry expert, dies at 68 - MIT Professor Emeritus of Chemistry William H. Orme-Johnson, heralded for his four decades of contributions in the field of inorganic biochemistry, died Jan. 1 after a long illness. He was 68. January 8, 2007

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. December 20, 2006

Professor Stephen Meyer dies at 54 - Stephen M. Meyer, MIT political science professor, an expert in national security issues and a passionate advocate of global biodiversity, died Dec. 10 at the age of 54. The cause was cancer. December 12, 2006

Stephen Heywood, son of Prof. John Heywood, dies at 37 - Stephen Heywood, son of MIT mechanical engineering professor John B. Heywood, died Sunday, Nov. 26 in Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was 37. November 28, 2006

Stephen Madden, retired professor, dies at 70 - Stephen J. Madden, Jr., a retired professor who taught in several MIT departments, died Oct. 7. He was 70. November 17, 2006

George B. Thomas, calculus textbook author, dies - George B. Thomas, a mathematician who turned a one-year teaching appointment at MIT into a 38-year career and whose well-regarded textbook has been used around the world, died Oct. 31 of natural causes in State College, Pa. He was 92. November 8, 2006

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. November 1, 2006

Fred Sanders, pioneer storm forecaster, dies - Frederick Sanders, professor emeritus of meteorology and mentor and friend to an entire generation of weather researchers, died on Oct. 6 after a long illness. He was 83 and had been a longtime resident of Marblehead. October 27, 2006

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. October 25, 2006

Arthur Jones, former MIT News Office director, dies at 61 - Arthur Jones, a former deputy White House press secretary who served as director of the MIT News Office, died on Oct. 2. A memorial service will be held Oct. 13. October 6, 2006

Manson Benedict, 98, dies - Manson Benedict, an Institute Professor Emeritus who worked on the Manhattan Project, died Sept. 18 at his home in Naples, Fla. He was 98. September 27, 2006

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. September 27, 2006

Lincoln Lab obituaries - Louis P. Rainville, a retired employee of MIT's Lincoln Laboratory and Haystack Observatory, died Sept. 3. Karl E. Adler, who worked at Lincoln Laboratory for 31 years, died July 16. September 13, 2006

'Father of molecular medicine,' Ingram dies at 82 - Vernon Ingram, an MIT professor known as the "father of molecular medicine," died Aug. 17. He was 82. Ingram was best known for his discovery that a single amino acid substitution is responsible for the molecular abnormality that leads to sickle cell anemia. August 22, 2006

Bill Dickson '56, retired senior vice president, dies - William R. Dickson, a retired senior vice president who supervised major building projects that tripled the size of MIT's campus, died Aug. 14 after suffering a heart attack. He was 71. August 17, 2006

Xiwen Zhong, research engineer, dies at 71 - Xiwen Zhong, a research engineer at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Science Center, died Aug. 1 after a long illness. He was 71. August 10, 2006

Professor Robert W. Mann dies at 81 - Robert W. Mann, an engineer and former rocket scientist who developed the world's first biomedical prosthetic device, died Friday, June 16, of a heart attack. A longtime resident of Lexington, Mass., and Moultonborough, N.H., Mann was 81. June 19, 2006

Memorial planned for Professor Robert E. Jones - A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, at the MIT Chapel for Robert E. Jones, professor emeritus of French studies in the foreign languages and literatures section. June 16, 2006

Alan Kotok, 64, created joystick - Computer pioneer Alan Kotok, an MIT alumnus who helped create both the first video game and the gaming joystick, died of a heart attack in his home in Cambridge, Mass., on Friday, May 26. June 13, 2006

Professor Robert C. Reid dies at 81 - Robert C. Reid, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, died May 18 at Winchester Hospital. He was 81 years old. June 7, 2006

Merrill Smith, librarian, at 64 - Merrill Wadsworth Smith, associate head librarian of MIT's Rotch Library, died April 4 at her home in Sherborn after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was 64. April 21, 2006

Steven H. Groves, physicist, dies at 72 - Steven H. Groves, a physicist at Lincoln Laboratory for more than 40 years, died at Lahey Clinic on March 27 after being hit by an SUV on his daily bicycle commute to Lincoln Lab. April 12, 2006

Ty, HST alum, dies at 28 - Michael Tsan Ty, a 28-year-old neurologist who earned his medical degree at the MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology, died April 3 when scaffolding crushed his car on Boylston Street in Boston. April 12, 2006

Ernest Rabinowicz, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies at 79 - Ernest Rabinowicz, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, died April 3. He worked at MIT for 43 years and was known for his work in tribology, the study of the design, friction and wear of interacting surfaces. April 7, 2006

Former head of MIT alumni office dies at 100 - Doris S. Evans, former head of MIT's alumni office, died Feb. 18 at the Sawtelle Hospice House of Reading. She was 100. April 5, 2006

Memorial service slated March 9 for Singh - A memorial service will be held at MIT Thursday, March 9, for Pushpinder Singh, a postdoctoral associate in the MIT Media Lab who died Feb. 28 in Cambridge. The service will be held in the MIT Chapel at 3 p.m. March 8, 2006

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. March 8, 2006

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. February 28, 2006

Lincoln Lab retiree dies - Harold F. Doucette, a retired MIT Lincoln Laboratory employee, died Jan. 13. February 9, 2006

Research engineer dies - Paul Warren, a research engineer in the Gas Turbine Lab, died Jan. 26 following a brief illness. He was 63. February 8, 2006

Retired MIT physicist John Coleman dies at 77 - John W. Coleman, of Beverly, a retired MIT research physicist, died Jan. 22. February 1, 2006

Funeral Friday for facilities retiree - George E. Carney, a retired longtime supervisor in facilities, died Jan. 22 at his Lowell home. He was 72. January 26, 2006

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. January 17, 2006

Frank Cary, life member of Corporation, dies - Frank T. Cary, former IBM chair and life member emeritus of the MIT Corporation, died Jan. 1 at his home in Darien, Conn. He was 85. January 10, 2006

Edith Ruina dies at 81 - Edith Ruina, of Cambridge and Wellfleet, former director of MIT's Women in Technology and Science program, died Nov. 27. She was 81. December 14, 2005

James Potter, former aero/astro professor, dies at 68 - James Potter, a former MIT professor who helped engineer navigation systems for the Apollo missions to the moon, died Dec. 6 at his Winchester home. He was 68. December 13, 2005

Former Corporation chair David Saxon dies at 85 - David Saxon, physics scholar and former chairman of the MIT Corporation, died Dec. 6 at UCLA Medical Center after a long illness. He was 85. December 12, 2005

Retiree Elizabeth Whittaker dies at 76 - Elizabeth J. "Betty" Whittaker, of Belmont, former associate secretary of the MIT Corporation, died Nov. 30. She was 76. December 6, 2005

Research scientist Yuri Chernyak dies at 60 - Yuri Chernyak, an MIT research scientist, died unexpectedly Nov. 23 at his home in Waltham. He was 60 years old. December 6, 2005

MIT freshman Zachary Morris dies - Zachary Morris, an MIT freshman from Bellville, Texas, died early Thursday morning in a tragic accident at East India Wharf in Boston. He was 19. December 2, 2005

Grad student Antimony Gerhardt dies at 24 - A memorial service was held at MIT last Tuesday, Nov. 22, for Antimony L. Gerhardt, a graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science, who died Nov. 17 in her Cambridge apartment. She was 24. November 28, 2005

Professor emeritus Alvin Drake dies at 70 - Alvin W. Drake, a professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science who was respected among colleagues and students alike for the vitality of his teaching and the vigor of his research, died of cancer at a hospice near his Falmouth home on Sunday, Oct. 30. November 1, 2005

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. October 26, 2005

MIT Professor Emeritus Nathan Cook dies at 80 - Nathan H. Cook, an MIT professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, former MacGregor housemaster and World War II veteran, died on July 13 in his Eastham home after a long battle with cancer. He was 80. October 17, 2005

David Dibner, philanthropist, dies at 78 - David Dibner, the distinguished philanthropist and civic leader who established the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, died unexpectedly at his home in Wilton, Conn., on Sept. 28. October 11, 2005

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. October 5, 2005

Professor Emeritus Donald Harleman dies at 82 - Donald R. F. Harleman, a renowned civil engineer whose love for the ocean and expertise in water quality and waste treatment benefited urban harbors throughout the world, died of cancer on Sept. 28 on Nantucket, Mass. October 4, 2005

Draper retiree Singer dies at 71 - Herbert Singer, an MIT alumnus who worked at Draper Laboratory for 40 years, died Aug. 12 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center after a stroke. September 27, 2005

Colleagues remember Morrison - Colleagues and friends honored the memory of Philip Morrison, Institute professor emeritus, theoretical astrophysicist and science educator, by celebrating his well-known capacity for wonder in a service in the MIT Chapel on Saturday, Sept. 10. September 14, 2005

Former department head William Bottiglia dies at 92 - William Bottiglia, former head of the Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics and a distinguished scholar of French and Italian literature, died Aug. 19 at Avery Manor in Needham. September 12, 2005

Travis Merritt, professor and undergraduate leader, dies at 71 - Travis R. Merritt, a professor emeritus of literature whose enthusiastic service over four decades at MIT included taking leadership roles as dean for undergraduate academic affairs and director of the Experimental Study Group, died on Sept. 2. September 8, 2005

Zachary Weston mourned by friends and family - Memorial service set for Sept. 24 in the MIT Chapel September 6, 2005

Richard Douglas, former humanities chair, dies at 83 - A memorial service will be held on Sept. 17 in the MIT Chapel. September 2, 2005

Dieter Sigmar, retired professor, dies at 70 - Dieter J. Sigmar, an MIT professor and fusion scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, died on July 31 at his home in Lago Vista, Texas, after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. August 23, 2005

Philip Morrison dies at 89 - MIT Institute Professor Emeritus Philip Morrison, a distinguished theoretical astrophysicist and interpreter of science and technology for the general public, died Friday, April 22, at his home. He was 89. July 26, 2005

MIT lecturer C. Michael Mohr dies at 72 - C. Michael Mohr, a chemical engineer and MIT lecturer whose undergraduate students presented him with the annual Outstanding Faculty Award more than 10 years in a row, died of lung cancer on June 9. June 10, 2005

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. June 1, 2005

Institute Professor Cohen dies - Morris Cohen, a world-renowned metallurgist and MIT institute professor who received both the National Medal of Science and the Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology, died May 27 at his home in Swampscott, Mass. He was 93. May 31, 2005

James Levitan dies at 80 - James A. Levitan, Life Member Emeritus of the MIT Corporation and tax attorney whose many contributions to MIT include the Levitan Prize in the Humanities died after suffering a heart attack on May 14. May 18, 2005

Lincoln Clark, of Rad Lab, 86 - Lincoln Clark Jr., whose wartime career path brought him to MIT's Radiation Laboratory and, later, to management positions at the Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, died in his Chelmsford home on May 4. May 11, 2005

Robert Wilkinson, of Draper, at 79 - Robert Haydn Wilkinson Sr., a scientist at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratories for nearly 30 years, died May 7, from complications due to diabetes. May 11, 2005

Lecturer Harry A. Jackson dies at 88 - Capt. Harry A. Jackson, a naval engineer who specialized in innovative submarine design, died on April 10 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn. April 22, 2005

Professor, HUD chief Wood dies - Robert C. Wood, a former professor of political science at MIT, died Friday at his Boston home of stomach cancer. He was 81. April 6, 2005

Lynwood S. Bryant dies at 96 - Lynwood Silvester Bryant, a professor of history, emeritus, whose research focused on the early inventors of the internal combustion engine, died after a brief illness on March 16, 2005. March 30, 2005

James Kelso dies, was Killian aide - James G. Kelso, executive assistant to late MIT President James Killian during the late 1950s, died March 7 at Norwell Knoll Nursing Home after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. March 30, 2005

Community joins family in mourning death of grad student - Friends of Zhenxiu Mao gathered yesterday afternoon to talk about their memories of his life and share their sorrow with Mao's parents, who traveled from China after learning of their son's death. March 16, 2005

Elzbieta Ettinger dies at 80 - Elzbieta Ettinger, a novelist, biographer and professor of writing who helped build the MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, died of heart failure in her home in Cambridge, Mass., on Saturday, March 12. March 15, 2005

Pomiecko of Comparative Media Studies dies at 48 - ohn Christopher Pomiecko, program administrator in Comparative Media Studies, avid film buff and duplicate bridge player, died Sunday, Feb. 6, following a car accident. February 11, 2005

Death of beloved employee brings outpouring of affection - To the thousands of MIT students who knew him, James E. Roberts Sr. was much more than the night watchman at East Campus and Senior House for the past 20 years. He was "Big Jimmy," a friend and surrogate father. January 28, 2005

Symposium held for the late Vernon Young - A symposium honoring the achievements in nutritional science by the late Professor Vernon R. Young, who died in March 2004, was held at MIT last month. December 8, 2004

Institute Professor Ascher Shapiro dies at 88 - Institute Professor Emeritus Ascher Shapiro of MIT, a pioneer in the field of biomedical engineering and a leader in fluid mechanics research and education, died in his Jamaica Plain home on Nov. 26 of liver cancer. December 3, 2004

MIT professor John Longwell dies at 86 - Professor Emeritus John P. Longwell of MIT, a chemical engineer widely known for his research in synthetic fuels, combustion and petroleum refining, died on Oct. 6 from congestive heart failure. November 5, 2004

Urban studies professor Aaron Fleisher dies at 85 - Professor Aaron Fleisher, a pioneer in the use of computers in urban planning, died on Aug. 12 at age 85 following a brief illness. November 2, 2004

PSFC engineer Charles Schwartz dies - Charles R. Schwartz, an engineer at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center and an accomplished pilot, died Oct. 26 when the small plane he was piloting crashed into a building in Leominster, Mass. November 2, 2004

Retired professor Ted Martin dies at 92 - Professor Emeritus William "Ted" Martin, former head of the Department of Mathematics and chair of the faculty, died May 30 at the age of 92. June 4, 2004

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. May 19, 2004

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. May 12, 2004

Obituary - Obituary May 5, 2004

Whitehead dies at 85 - George W. Whitehead Jr. of Winchester, Mass., professor emeritus in MIT's Department of Mathematics, died on Monday, April 12 at the age of 85. April 28, 2004

Whitehead of mathematics dies at 85 - George W. Whitehead Jr., professor emeritus in MIT's Department of Mathematics, died on Monday, April 12 at the age of 85. April 15, 2004

Other obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. April 7, 2004

Vernon Young, 66 - Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry Vernon Young, who revolutionized scientific understanding of how the human body processes nutrients into protein, died March 30 of complications from renal cancer. April 7, 2004

Vernon Young, nutritional biologist, dies at 66 - Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry Vernon Young, who revolutionized scientific understanding of how the human body processes nutrients into protein, died March 30. April 1, 2004

Service tonight for Mun - A memorial service for MIT junior Daniel Mun will be held tonight at the MIT Chapel at 8 p.m. March 3, 2004

Obituaries - Obituaries for Louise Licklider and John Perkins. February 11, 2004

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. January 14, 2004

Von Hippel dies at 105 - Institute Professor Emeritus Arthur Robert von Hippel died on Dec. 31, of complications from flu. January 14, 2004

Von Hippel dies at 105 - MIT Institute Professor Emeritus Arthur Robert von Hippel, who fled to the U.S. from Nazi Germany and went on to become a leader in the field of materials research, died on Dec. 31. January 5, 2004

Marking the passing - Following are some of the members of the MIT community who passed away in 2003, listed by the date of death. December 24, 2003

Stephen Benton dies - Stephen A. Benton, inventor of the rainbow hologram and a pioneer in medical imaging and fine arts holography, died of brain cancer. November 19, 2003

Prof. Masamune dies at 75 - Satoru Masamune, a professor of organic chemistry for 22 years, died of complications from cardiac arrest Nov. 9. November 19, 2003

Holography pioneer Benton dies at 61 - Stephen A. Benton, inventor of the rainbow hologram and a pioneer in medical imaging and fine arts holography, died of brain cancer Nov. 9. He was 61. November 12, 2003

Satoru Masamune, organic chemist, dies - Satoru Masamune, 75, an MIT professor of organic chemistry for 22 years, has died. November 12, 2003

Adachi dies at 80 - Jiro Adachi of Eagan, Minn., a former officer in the Industrial Lisiaon Program (ILP), died on Oct. 19 at the age of 80. November 5, 2003

Luis Ferré - Luis Alberto Ferré (S.B. 1924) died on Oct. 21 in a San Juan hospital of complications following surgery. October 29, 2003

Ivan Getting dies at 91 - Ivan A. Getting (S.B. 1933) died at his home in Coronado, Calif., on Oct. 11 at the age of 91. October 29, 2003

Former governor of Puerto Rico was MIT alumnus - Luis Alberto Ferré (S.B. 1924), former governor of Puerto Rico, died on Oct. 21 in a San Juan hospital of complications following surgery. October 24, 2003

Ivan Getting, key in developig GPS, dies at 91 - Alumnus Ivan A. Getting, a key figure in developing the Navstar Global Positioning System, died at his home, on Oct. 11. October 24, 2003

Former governor of PR MIT alum - Luis Alberto Ferré (S.B. 1924), former governor of Puerto Rico and a staunch advocate of statehood for the territory, died on Oct. 21 in a San Juan hospital of complications following surgery. October 24, 2003

Prof. Judson Baron dies - Retired Professor Judson R. Baron died of cardiac arrest at his home in Lexington, Mass., on Oct. 6. October 22, 2003

Davenport dies at 83 - Wilbur B. Davenport Jr., professor emeritus of electrical engineering and former department head who also held several leadership positions at Lincoln Laboratory, died on Aug. 28. October 22, 2003

Retired Prof. Judson Baron dies - MIT Professor Judson R. Baron died of cardiac arrest at his home, on Oct. 6. He was 79 years old. October 20, 2003

Davenport dies at 83 - Wilbur B. Davenport Jr. of Medford, Ore., professor emeritus of electrical engineering and former department head, died on Aug. 28 at the age of 83. October 16, 2003

Devoted alum dies at 100 - I. Austin Kelly (S.B. 1926), died in his sleep on Sept. 8 in a nursing home in Salisbury, Conn. October 8, 2003

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. October 8, 2003

Nobel laureate Franco Modigliani dies - MIT Professor Franco Modigliani, who won the Nobel Prize in 1985 for his pioneering analyses of savings and financial markets, died Sept. 25 at the age of 85. October 1, 2003

Nobel laureate Franco Modigliani dies - MIT Professor Franco Modigliani, who won the Nobel Prize in 1985 for his pioneering analyses of savings and financial markets, died Sept. 25 at the age of 85. September 25, 2003

Obituaries - Obituaries for William H. Gilson; Anthony J. Perella; Jarmila Hrbek; and Eric Liskin. September 24, 2003

Obituaries - Obituaries for Anthony J. Perella, Daniel Daly, Keturah Miller, George Karageorge, and Adrian Brandos. September 17, 2003

Norman Rasmussen dies at 75 - MIT Professor Emeritus Norman C. Rasmussen died July 18 in the Rivercrest Nursing Home in Concord, Mass. of complications from Parkinson's disease. July 25, 2003

Imre Halasz dies at 77 - Imre Halasz, an internationally renowned architect and teacher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died on July 3 at his home in Boston. He was 77. July 10, 2003

MIT Professor Kindleberger dies at 92 - Charles P. Kindleberger died on Monday, July 7 of a stroke at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. July 7, 2003

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. July 3, 2003

Ralph Cross dies at 93 - MIT alumnus Ralph E. Cross, a pioneer in manufacturing engineering and the father of automation, died in his home in Grosse Pointe, Mich., on June 26. He was 93. July 1, 2003

Bernard Goldhirsh dies at 63 - Bernard A. Goldhirsh, died at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston of complications of a brain tumor on June 29. He was 63. July 1, 2003

Institute Professor Hermann Haus, quantum optics pioneer, dies at 77 - Institute Professor Hermann Anton Haus, one of the world's leading authorities on optical communications, died on May 21. June 4, 2003

MIT Professor Hermann Haus dies at 77 - Hermann Anton Haus, an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one of the world's leading authorities on optical communications, died Wednesday night, May 21. May 23, 2003

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. May 14, 2003

Cecil Green dies at 102 - Cecil H. Green (S.B. and S.M. 1924), a worldwide philanthropist, died on April 11. April 30, 2003

Cecil Green dies at 102 - Cecil H. Green, a worldwide philanthropist and name graces the tallest building on the MIT campus and women's residence hall, died on April 11 of complications from pneumonia at the age of 102. April 18, 2003

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. April 16, 2003

Postdoc Jaemin Rhee dies - A memorial ceremony was held by the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences for Jaemin Rhee, 33, a postdoctoral fellow who died over the weekend. April 9, 2003

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. March 19, 2003

Obituaries - Obituaries for MIT's Dorothy Eastman, William Lake, and William D. McParland. March 12, 2003

Francis Wylie dies at 97 - Francis E. Wylie, MIT's public relations director from 1955 to 1970, died of pneumonia on Jan. 27. He was 97 years old February 13, 2003

Stanley Backer dies - Professor Emeritus Stanley Backer, an international leader in the field of fiber and polymer research, died at home in Waban on Jan. 18 of kidney failure. January 29, 2003

Shef Lang dies at 75 - A.Scheffer Lang died at home in St. Paul, Minn. January 29, 2003

Gene Larrabee dies at 82 - Professor E. Eugene Larrabee of aeronautics and astronautics, known as "Mr. Propeller" in the human-powered aircraft community, died on Jan. 11 in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. January 29, 2003

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. January 29, 2003

Memorial service for Catherine Lynn Steele - A memorial service will be held on Monday, Jan. 27 at 3 p.m. at the MIT Chapel for Catherine Lynn Steele. January 27, 2003

Gene Larrabee dies - Professor E. Eugene Larrabee of aeronautics and astronautics, known as "Mr. Propeller" in the human-powered aircraft community, died on Jan. 11 in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. January 22, 2003

Stanley Backer dies at 82 - MIT Professor Emeritus Stanley Backer, an international leader in the field of fiber and polymer research, died at home in Newton on Jan. 18 of kidney failure. He was 82. January 21, 2003

2002 MIT deaths - The following members of the MIT community passed away in 2001. Each is listed by the date of death. January 8, 2003

Robert Kyhl dies at 85 - Professor Emeritus Robert L. Kyhl died on Dec. 10. January 8, 2003

Walter Milne dies at 80 - Walter L. Milne, 80, died at his Cambridge home on Dec. 23. January 8, 2003

Newell dies at 71 - MIT Professor Reginald E. Newell of Arlington died Sunday, Dec. 29. January 8, 2003

Professor Newell dies at 71 - MIT Professor Reginald E. Newell died Sunday, Dec. 29. January 3, 2003

Robert Kyhl dies at 85 - Professor Emeritus Robert L. Kyhl, who began his MIT career in 1941, died on Dec. 10. He was 85 years old. December 31, 2002

Walter Milne dies at 80 - Walter L. Milne, who played a key role over four decades at MIT as an aide to six presidents, died at his Cambridge home on Dec. 23. December 28, 2002

Oibituaries - Obituaries for Robert Hudson, William A. Morrell, Manuel Souza and Leonard Whaley. December 18, 2002

Erratum - Correction of an obituary for Marion Curley that appeared in the Dec. 4 issue of Tech Talk. December 11, 2002

Francis Hildebrand dies at 87 - Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Francis B. Hildebrand of Wellesley, who was an MIT faculty member for 44 years, died on Nov. 29 at the age of 87. December 11, 2002

Obituaries - Obituaries for Gordon P. Catton, Jennie Correia, Ronald Gagne and Michal Grela. December 11, 2002

Obituaries - Obituaries for Rolf Engler, Ercole Cenci, Marion Curley, Francis Maragioglio, Elizabeth Simms and Martha Von Dette. December 4, 2002

Rolf R. Engler dies at 69 - Rolf R. Engler of Woburn, administrative officer for DUSP, died Nov. 17 at the age of 69 following a long illness. November 20, 2002

Memorial scheduled for Cohen - A memorial service to celebrate the life and work of the late Senior Lecturer Edward Cohen will be held Sunday, Oct. 20. October 9, 2002

Professor Witt dies at 71 - August F. Witt, internationally noted for his research in electronic materials and his devotion to teaching undergraduates, died Oct. 7 of gastric cancer. October 9, 2002

Professor Witt dies at 71 - August F. Witt, internationally noted for his research in electronic materials and his devotion to teaching undergraduates, died Oct. 7 at his home in Winchester. October 8, 2002

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. October 2, 2002

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. September 25, 2002

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. September 11, 2002

Deutsch dies at 85 - Martin Deutsch who discovered an elemental form of matter, died Aug. 16 at the age of 85. August 28, 2002

Joanne Miller, 66, dies - Joanne S. Miller, 66, who was editor of MIT Tech Talk for 31 years died in the MIT Infirmary after a long struggle with cancer. August 28, 2002

Martin Deutsch dies at 85 - Martin Deutsch, an MIT physicist from Vienna who fled fascism, worked on the Manhattan Project and later discovered an elemental form of matter, died Aug. 16 at the age of 85. August 20, 2002

Rudiger Dornbusch dies - Rudiger Dornbusch, an internationally renowned macroeconomist, died of cancer at his home in Washington, D.C., on July 25. He was 60. August 14, 2002

Kottler dies at 62 - Herbert Kottler, 62, associate director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, died at home in Concord, Mass., on July 23 after a prolonged illness. August 14, 2002

Rudiger Dornbusch dies at 60 - Rudiger Dornbusch, an internationally renowned macroeconomist who made fundamental contributions to economic science and to international economic policy design, died of cancer on July 25. July 26, 2002

Herbert Kottler dies at 62 - Herbert Kottler, 62, associate director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, died at home in Concord, Mass., on July 23 after a prolonged illness. July 24, 2002

Obituaries - Obituaries for Williet G. Aylsworth, Johnathan Huntington, Robert Kramer, Charles A. McClure, and Samuel Tracey. July 17, 2002

Professor Paynter dies - Professor Emeritus Henry M. Paynter, a member of the MIT faculty from 1946-85, died on June 14 at home in Pittsford, Vt. July 17, 2002

Henry M. Paynter dies at 78 - Professor Emeritus Henry M. Paynter, a member of the MIT faculty from 1946 to 1985, died on June 14 at his home in Pittsford, VT. June 24, 2002

Wynne memorial planned - A memorial service is planned in remembrance of John M. Wynne on Thursday, June 27 at 11 a.m. in the MIT Chapel. June 12, 2002

Pistol coach Melaragno dies - Pasquale "Pat" Melaragno, MIT's pistol coach from 1977-96, died at home in North Scituate, R.I., on May 24. June 5, 2002

Obituaries - Obituaries for Alfred Benoit, Carmen Cardenas, Joseph Gibbs, Jeremiah P. Haffin, James W. Meyer, William D. Sheehan, Mildred Shute and Manuel F. Sopas. June 5, 2002

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. May 15, 2002

Edward Cohen dies at 61 - Edward Cohen, composer, performer and senior lecturer in music at MIT, died at his home in Belmont Saturday, April 27 after a long illness. May 8, 2002

Other obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. May 8, 2002

Rosenblith dies at 88 - Institute Professor Emeritus and former Provost Walter A. Rosenblith died of complications resulting from prostate cancer Wednesday, May 1. May 8, 2002

Felix Villars dies at 81 - Professor Emeritus Felix M. H. Villars, 81, a theoretical physicist who changed directions in mid-career and became a pioneer in biological physics, died of cancer. May 8, 2002

Professor Rosenblith dies at 88 - MIT Institute Professor Emeritus died of complications resulting from prostate cancer. He was 88 years old. May 3, 2002

Retired MIT professor Felix Villars dies at 81 - MIT Professor Emeritus Felix M. H. Villars, 81, a theoretical physicist who changed directions in mid-career and became a pioneer in biological physics, died Saturday (April 27). May 2, 2002

Goldblith memorial service - A memorial service to celebrate the life of Professor Samuel A. Goldblith, who passed away in December, will be held May 28 in Killian Hall. May 1, 2002

Weisskopf dies at 93 - Institute Professor Emeritus Victor F. Weisskopf, a protégé of physicist Niels Bohr, died Sunday night at his home in Newton, Mass. April 24, 2002

Retired MIT Professor Weisskopf dies at 93 - MIT Institute Professor Emeritus Victor F. Weisskopf, who helped develop the atomic bomb and later became an outspoken advocate of arms control, died Sunday night at his home in Newton, Mass. April 23, 2002

John Wynne dies at 81 - John M. Wynne, who served as a vice president of MIT from 1967 to 1980 under presidents Howard W. Johnson and Jerome B. Wiesner, died March 26. April 3, 2002

Retired MIT VP John Wynne dies - John M. Wynne, who served as a vice president of MIT under Presidents Howard W. Johnson and Jerome B. Wiesner, died on Tuesday (March 26). March 28, 2002

Esther Edgerton dies at 98 - Esther Edgerton, widow of MIT Professor Harold E. "Doc" Edgerton, died March 9th. March 13, 2002

Patrick Leehey dies - Professor Emeritus Patrick Leehey died of pancreatic cancer at home in Swampscott on March 4. March 13, 2002

Obituaries - Obituaries for Charles A. Forte, Barbara Berk, John P. Perry and Edwin L. Clarke. March 13, 2002

Patrick Leehey dies - Professor emeritus Patrick Leehey died of pancreatic cancer Monday night at home in Swampscott, Mass. He was 80 years old. March 7, 2002

Lawrence Lidsky dies - Retired professor Lawrence M. Lidsky of nuclear engineering died Friday at his home in Newton after a 17-year battle with cancer. March 6, 2002

Lawrence Lidsky dies - Retired MIT professor Lawrence M. Lidsky of nuclear engineering died Friday at his home in Newton after a 17-year battle with cancer. He was 66 years old. March 5, 2002

Obituaries - Obituaries for Alfred A.H. Keil, John M. Allen, Raymond E. Johnson, Frederick Letteney, Norma Lord, Edmund Robinson and Wade Rockwood. February 6, 2002

MITSO conductor Epstein dies - Professor David M. Epstein died on Jan. 15. January 30, 2002

Grad student dies in VA - Graduate student Jindong Zhou died Jan. 10 at home in Newport News, Va., where he was working at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. January 30, 2002

Alfred A.H. Keil dies at 88 - Retired MIT Dean of Engineering Alfred A.H. Keil, one of the world's leading authorities on naval architecture and ocean engineering, died Wednesday (Jan. 9). January 18, 2002

David Epstein dies at 71 - Dr. Epstein, former MIT conductor, died on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass., from complications of lung and liver disease at 71. January 17, 2002

Gyorgy Kepes dies at 95 - Gyorgy Kepes, the painter, designer, author and educator who founded and directed the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, died on Dec. 29. January 16, 2002

Retired Dean Keil dies at 88 - Retired Dean of Engineering Alfred A.H. Keil, one of the world's leading authorities on naval architecture and ocean engineering, died Jan. 9. January 16, 2002

Kepes dies at 95 - Gyorgy Kepes, the painter, designer, author and educator who founded and directed the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, died on Dec. 29. January 16, 2002

2001: In memoriam - Listing of some of the deaths in the MIT community in 2001, listed by the date in which the obituary appeared in MIT Tech Talk. January 9, 2002

Foster dies at 99 - Obituaries for F. Leroy Foster and Joseph P. Lasorsa. January 9, 2002

Goldblith dies at 82 - Samuel A. Goldblith died at Kindred Hospital in Peabody on Dec. 28. January 9, 2002

Samuel Goldblith dies at 82 - Samuel A. Goldblith, a survivor of the Bataan Death March who became a professor of food science and technology at MIT, died on December 28, 2001. January 7, 2002

F. Leroy Foster dies at 99 - Retired Professor F. Leroy Foster, a mining engineer who played a key role in MIT's Division of Industrial Cooperation (DIC) during World War II , died on New Year's Eve. January 4, 2002

Peter Elias dies at 78 - Professor Emeritus Peter Elias died of Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease last Friday in the living room of his Cambridge home, surrounded by his family. December 12, 2001

MIT Professor Elias dies - MIT Professor Emeritus Peter Elias, a pioneer in the field of computer science, died of Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease last Friday in the living room of his Cambridge home. December 10, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. November 28, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. November 14, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. October 31, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. October 24, 2001

Kenneth Locke Hale, 67 - Kenneth Locke Hale, an MIT professor of linguistics known for his lifelong dedication to the study and preservation of endangered languages, died in his home in Lexington. October 17, 2001

Linguist Kenneth L. Hale dies - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Kenneth Locke Hale, professor of linguistics at MIT known for his lifelong dedication to the study and preservation of endangered languages, died at 67. October 11, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. October 3, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. September 26, 2001

Memorial for Daniel Lewin - A memorial service for members of the Akamai and MIT communities only will be held Thursday, Sept. 20, at noon in Kresge Auditorium for Daniel M. Lewin. September 14, 2001

Colleagues mourn Dertouzos - Ten MIT colleagues were among the mourners attending the Sept. 4 funeral services in Athens for Professor Michael L. Dertouzos, who died on Aug. 27. September 12, 2001

Colleagues attend Dertouzos funeral - Ten MIT colleagues were among the mourners attending the Tuesday (Sept. 4) funeral services in Athens for Professor Michael L. Dertouzos. September 5, 2001

MIT Professor Dertouzos dies at 64 - Professor Michael L. Dertouzos died Monday night (Aug. 27) at Massachusetts General Hospital. August 29, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. August 29, 2001

Recent M.Eng. graduate dies - Mameet P. Khanolkar of Bombay, India collapsed near his sister's apartment in Waltham on July 30 and died in Deaconess Waltham Hospital. August 15, 2001

Graduate from India collapses and dies - Mameet P. Khanolkar of Bombay, India, who received the M.Eng. in civil and environmental engineering in June, collapsed near his sister's apartment in Waltham Monday and died in Deaconess Waltham Hospital. August 2, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. July 18, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. June 13, 2001

To Congress via Roxbury - Mel King reflects on the political career of long-time Massachusetts Congressman Joe Moakley, who died May 28 of leukemia. June 6, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. June 6, 2001

Commentary: The People's Representative - Mel King reflects on the political career of long-time Massachusetts Congressman Joe Moakley, who died May 28 of leukemia. June 1, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. May 23, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. May 9, 2001

John M. Edmond dies at 57 - Professor John M. Edmond, a marine geochemist and paleoceanographer, died unexpectedly at home on April 10. April 25, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. April 25, 2001

John M. Edmond dies at 57 - MIT Professor John M. Edmond, marine geochemist and paleoceanographer, died unexpectedly at home on April 10. April 19, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. April 11, 2001

Memorial services - Memorial services for Wednesday, April 4, 2001. April 4, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. April 4, 2001

Nobelist Clifford Shull dies at 85 - Professor Emeritus Clifford G. Shull, co-recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in physics, died on March 31 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford following a brief illness. April 4, 2001

Clifford G. Shull dead at 85 - MIT Professor Emeritus Clifford G. Shull, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1994, died on March 31 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford, MA, following a brief illness. Professor Shull was 85 and lived in Lexington, MA. April 2, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. March 14, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. March 8, 2001

Claude E. Shannon, 84 - Professor Emeritus Claude E. Shannon, known as the father of modern digital communications and information theory, died February 24 at the Courtyard Nursing Care Center in Medford. February 28, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. February 28, 2001

MIT Professor Claude Shannon dies - MIT Professor Emeritus Claude E. Shannon, known as the father of modern digital communications and information theory, died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 84 years old. February 27, 2001

Dorothy L. Bowe dies at 71 - Dorothy L. Bowe, 71, of Medford, former associate director of Financial Aid, died on February 9 following a struggle with bone cancer. February 14, 2001

Allan F. Henry dies at 76 - Professor Emeritus Allan F. Henry of nuclear engineering, who came to MIT as a visiting professor in 1968, died of kidney failure on January 28. February 14, 2001

Thomas H. Lee dies at 77 - A memorial service will be held at MIT this Saturday, Feb. 17 for Professor Emeritus Thomas H. Lee, a founder of the Center for Quality Management (CQM). February 14, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. February 14, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. February 7, 2001

Richard Terrell dies at 81 - Richard Terrell, a life member emeritus of the MIT Corporation, died of a brain tumor on December 4 in Naples, FL. He was 81. January 31, 2001

Giannitsis service Saturday - The parents of murdered postdoctoral associate Constantine Giannitsis and many of his MIT friends and colleagues will participate in a memorial service at the MIT Chapel. January 24, 2001

Herman Feshbach dies at 83 - Institute Professor Emeritus Herman Feshbach of Cambridge, a renowned nuclear physicist and champion of equal opportunity at MIT and around the world, died December 22. January 10, 2001

Dr. Lily E. Kay, 53 - Dr. Lily E. Kay, a visiting scholar in STS and one of the outstanding historians of biology of her generation, died on December 18 of cancer. January 10, 2001

Obituaries - Recent obituaries of members of the MIT community. January 10, 2001

Postdoc killed in Mexico - A memorial service will be held at MIT on January 27 for post doctoral associate Constantine Giannitsis, who was stabbed to death while on vacation in Taxco, Mexico. January 10, 2001