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2024 obituaries

  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Applied Mathematics
  • , Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry 
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Political Science
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of English
  • , Profesor, Dept. of Chemistry
  • Chuck Howe, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geological Sciences

2023

  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of English
  • , Instructor Emeritus, Dept. of Speech, Hearing and Language Sciences
  • Paul Phllipson, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physics
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geology
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Mathematics
  • Lyle E. Bourne Jr., Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Mircea Fotino, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
  • Walter Kintsch, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Dale Mood, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Integrative Physiology
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Political Science
  • Robert Tubbs, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics
  • Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Chemistry
  • Monique LeBourgeois, Associate Professor, Dept. of Integrative Physiology

2022

  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geological Sciences
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of History
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Theatre & Dance
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics
  • Noah Eli Gordon, Professor, English
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
  • Joy K. King, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Classics
  • Peter Molnar, Distinguished Professor, Dept of Geological Sciences
  • Kaylana T. Mahanthappa, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physics
  • , Associate Professor, Retired, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • L. Andrew Staehelin, Professor Emeritus, Dept of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
  • , Professor Emeritus, Arts & Sciences Honors Program
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Mathematics
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Linguistics
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience

2021

  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences and Fellow Ajoint of JILA
  • , Professor Emeritus, Biology
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of French and Italian
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of History
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of English
  • Dennis Mileti, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Sociology, and former director of the Natural Hazards Center
  • , Former Professor, Dept. of Economics
  • , Former Associate Dean of Natural Sciences and Chair of the Dept. of Chemistry
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physics
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of English
  • Bert Mills Tolbert, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Chemistry
  • Jeanne Ulmer, Curricular Specialist, A&S Dean's Office
  • Rita S. Weiss, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

2020

  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Dan Sturgis, Senior Instructor, Dept. of Philosophy
  • , Instructor, Dept of English
  • , Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Art & Art History
  • , Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  • , Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Economics
  • Konrad Steffen, Professor, Dept. of Geography
  • Harry A. Reed, Lecturer, Dept. of History
  • Jessica E. Martin, Instructor, International Affairs
  • Lois A. Abbott, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
  • Uriel Nauenberg, Faculty Retiree and Faculty Emeritus, Dept. of Physics
  • Bernard L. Bloom, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Louis L. Leon, Visiting Assoc Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies
  • Jessica E. Martin, Instructor and Faculty Director, Residential Acad Pgm-Global
  • Dianne K. Goberis, Professional Research Asst, Dept. of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
  • , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Mathematics
  • David Shneer, Professor, Depts. of Jewish Studies, History and Religious Studies
  • Landon Rabern, Research Associate, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Denise Muhlrad, Research Assistant, Dept. of Biochemisty
  • James Wilson, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience

2019

  • , Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Anthropology
  • Donald K. Darnell, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Communication
  • Donald C. Baker, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of English
  • Steven Katz, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of English
  • Gerald B. Kinneavy, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of English
  • , Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts
  • C. Nicholas Lee, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Languages & Literatures
  • Matthew C. Brown, Instructor and Lecturer, Dept. of Sociology and LGBTQ Certificate
  • Mark W. Coffey, Lecturer, Dept. of Mathematics
  • Forrest W. Williams, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Philosophy
  • Donald A. Weatherley, Faculty and Professor Retiree, Dept. of Psychology & Neuroscience
  • Erik White, Associate Professor, Dept. of English
  • Zachary Cook, Research Assistant, Dept. of Integrative Physiology

2018

  • , Professor, Dept of Geological Sciences
  • John Buechner, Professor, Dept. of Political Science
  • Elizabeth A. Woodman, Fac Retiree, Dept. of Art & Art History
  • John B. Wilson, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Art & Art History
  • Bernard Udis, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Economics
  • Jacques Barchilon, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of French and Italian
  • Roger G. Barry, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Geography
  • Kenneth A. Erickson, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Geography
  • Earl D. Sampson, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • Boyd H. Hill, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of History
  • Peter H. Evans, Teaching Assistant, Dept. of History
  • , Lecturer and Instructor, Honors Program
  • Scott Kavanaugh, Research Associate, Dept. of Integrative Physiology
  • Joseph Wesley-Septimus Evans, Grad Reader, Dept. of Mathematics
  • Loren S. Greiner, Professional Research Asst, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
  • Alexander Cruz, Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Paul J.W. Miller, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Philosophy
  • William Brockmueller, Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Physics
  • John R. Forward, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience

2017

  • Horst Mewes, Chair, A&S Dn-Faculty Council and Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science
  • , Director of Dance, Dept. of Theatre & Dance
  • , Instructor, University Writing Program
  • George E. Woodman, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Art & Art History
  • Theodore R. Walker, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept of Geological Sciences
  • Arthur L. Dickinson, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus and Professional Research Asst, Dept. of Integrative Physiology
  • John E. Koontz, Research Associate, Dept. of Linguistics
  • Royal D. Sloan, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Political Science
  • Seth K. Sharpless, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Barry Clark, Lecturer, Baker Residential Academic Program
  • John Forward, Associate Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Robert Ecker, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Art and Art History
  • , Web and Publications Coordinator, Dean's office
  • Leonard Pinto, Associate Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Sociology
  • Kumiko Takahara, Associate Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Asian Languages and Civilizations

2016

  • Theodore W. Speiser, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
  • Dewey K. Anderson, Lecturer and Professional Research Asst, Dept. of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
  • Harold Evjen, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Classics
  • Leonard Moskovit, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of English
  • Horace L. Sawin, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of English
  • Diana Reid Nemergut, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
  • Howard L. Scamehorn, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of History
  • Homer G. Ellis, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Mathematics
  • , Professor Adjoint, Dept. of Physics

2015

  • Philip D. Stephens, Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Anthropology
  • Edward L. King, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Chemistry
  • Luis E. Eades, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Art & Art History
  • Gregory S. Friedler, Lecturer, Dept. of Art & Art History
  • Charles H. Southwick, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • John H. Wrenn, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of English
  • John M. Wahr, Faculty Retiree and Professor, Dept. of Physics
  • David A. Lind, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept of Physics
  • Kenneth R. Hammond, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology & Neuroscience
  • Sean M. Hudson, Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Psychology & Neuroscience
  • Anthony G. Lozano, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese

2014

  • Irwin B. Wilson, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Chemistry
  • David W. Crumpacker, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Ecology and Evoluationary Biology
  • Arthur M. Boardman, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of English
  • Alton D. Hill, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Geography
  • Richard J. Laver, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Mathematics
  • John H. Hodges, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Mathematics
  • Phyllis B. Kenevan, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Philosophy
  • Masataka Mizushima, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Physics
  • Sydney Geltman, Professor Adjunct, Dept. of Physics
  • Victor Ryan, Fac Retiree-Disability , Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Eugene S. Gollin, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Thomas K. Landauer, Emeritus - Professor, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Otomar J. Bartos, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Sociology
  • Lillian F. Robinson, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese
  • Martin Cobin, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Theatre & Dance
  • Hardy L. Frank, Faculty Retiree, University Writing Pgm

2013

  • James W. Warwick, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
  • Charles H. Depuy, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Chemistry
  • Charles Roitz, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Art & Art History
  • Hobart M. Smith, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  • Erik K. Bonde, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  • John L. Murphy, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of English
  • Jeanne Christensen, Lecturer, Dept. of History
  • C. Lawson Crowe, Faculty-Emeritus, Dept. of Philosophy
  • Jack J. Kraushaar, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Physics
  • Albert A. Bartlett, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Physics
  • Conrad L. McBride, Faculty Emeritus, Dept. of Political Science
  • David A. Chiszar, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience

2012

  • David A. Breternitz, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Anthropology
  • Ronald M. Bernier, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Art & Art History
  • Garrison Roots, Professor, Dept. of Art & Art History
  • John H. Bushnell, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  • James E. Dugan, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Economics
  • Wyn F. Owen, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Economics
  • Lucia F. Baker, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of French & Italian
  • Valerie B. Williamson, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of French & Italian
  • Jennifer S. Dinaburg, Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geography
  • Bruce F. Curtis, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Geological Sciences
  • Robert W. Ellingwood, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Mathematics
  • Ned W. Bowler, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
  • Albert H. Nadeau, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Theatre & Dance