In Memoriam

Stephen Halley White, a University of Colorado Boulder alumnus and pioneering biophysicist, passed away on May 31, 2026. White earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from CU Boulder in 1963. As an undergraduate, he held

John M. Richardson (Phys’42), distinguished alumnus from the University of Colorado Boulder, passed away on January 18, 2026, at the age of 104.  Richardson was a 2002 recipient of the George Norlin Award, the highest

Peter Dale Kunz, professor emeritus of physics at the University of Colorado Boulder passed away in January 2025 at the age of 96.  Kunz earned his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1959 and came to Boulder as an acting assistant

Professor Emeritus Paul Phillipson passed away on October 20, 2023, at his home in Boulder at the age of 90. He was a long-standing and treasured member of the faculty. Paul was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1933 and after

Physics Emeritus Professor Robert A. Ristinen passed away on September 10, 2021, at his home in Boulder at the age of 87. Bob grew up in the small town of Menahga, Minnesota, hunting, fishing, and trapping. Among other endeavors, he

Professor John M. Wahr passed away on November 11, 2015 at the age of 64.Professor Wahr was the first geophysicist to join the Department of Physics at CU-Boulder. He joined the department as an Assistant Professor in 1983, built the Geophysics

Professor Emeritus David A. Lind passed away Friday March 6, 2015 at the age of 96.David earned a B.S. in Physics from the University of Washington in 1940, and a Ph.D. in Physics from CalTech in 1948. He joined the faculty of the University of

Our friend and colleague Masataka (Seth) Mizushima passed away on May 28, 2014. Seth earned a Degree Rigakushi (B.A/M.A) in Chemistry from the University of Tokyo in 1946, and Rigaku-Hakushi (Ph.D.) in Physics from the University of Tokyo in 1951.

Professor Adjoint Sydney Geltman passed away on March 17, 2014 at his home in Boulder. His career included over five decades of research and teaching. He moved to Boulder in 1961 to work with the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST). Syd Geltman