Obituaries
The university of today is built on the shoulders of yesterday's leaders. Remembering our late colleagues on our faculty and staff signals our respect for them and our heritage: it shows that we know more than our own generation.
2025 Obituaries
- James Symons, Professor Emeritus, Dept of Theatre and Dance
- Jan Stanislaw Mycielski, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Mathematics
2024 obituaries
- Jerrold William Bebernes, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Applied Mathematics
- Jeffrey Cameron, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry
- Sven Steinmo, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Political Science
- Marilyn Krysl, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of English
- Douglas Gin, Profesor, Dept. of Chemistry
- Chuck Howe, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics
- Edwin "Ed" Larson, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geological Sciences
2023
- Charles Squire, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of English
- Bette Hadler, Instructor Emeritus, Dept. of Speech, Hearing and Language Sciences
- Paul Phllipson, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physics
- Wiliam Bradley, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geology
- William Branham Jones, 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
- James Scarritt, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Political Science
- Robert Tubbs, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics
- Carl Lineberger, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Chemistry
- Monique LeBourgeois, Associate Professor, Dept. of Integrative Physiology
2022
- Peter Birkeland, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geological Sciences
- Carl Christensen, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of History
- Nada M. Diachenko, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Theatre & Dance
- Fred Rufus Glahe, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics
- Noah Eli Gordon, Professor, English
- Elizabeth Jancosek, 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
- Louise Silvern, Associate Professor, Retired, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
- L. Andrew Staehelin, Professor Emeritus, Dept of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Paul Ralph Strom, Professor Emeritus, Arts & Sciences Honors Program
- Ruth Rebekka Struik, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Mathematics
- Allan R. Taylor, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Linguistics
- Michael Matthew Wertheimer, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
2021
- Desmond Cartwright, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
- Peter Conti, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences and Fellow Ajoint of JILA
- Richard "Dick" Jones, Professor Emeritus, Biology
- Graziana Lazzarino, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of French and Italian
- Joyce Lebra, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of History
- Peter Michelson, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of English
- Dennis Mileti, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Sociology, and former director of the Natural Hazards Center
- Tracy Land Mott, Former Professor, Dept. of Economics
- Arlan (Arlie) Norman, Former Associate Dean of Natural Sciences and Chair of the Dept. of Chemistry
- Robert A. Ristinen, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physics
- Reginald A. Saner, 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
- Bernie Bloom, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
- Dan Sturgis, Senior Instructor, Dept. of Philosophy
- Patricia Weis-Taylor, Instructor, Dept of English
- Clinton C. Cline, Faculty Retiree, Dept. of Art & Art History
- John T. Windell, Faculty Retiree-Emeritus, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Donald E. Roper, 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
- Richard L. Roth, 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
- Alec J. Kelso, 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
- Phillip Solomon, 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
- John Christopher Harrison, 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
- Zachary D. Owens, 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
- Charlotte Short, Director of Dance, Dept. of Theatre & Dance
- Hardy Long Frank, 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
- Laura Kriho, 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
- Deborah S. Jin, 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