Former Magnet Lab researcher Neil Cuffin dies at 74
B. Neil Cuffin, an expert in biomagnetism — the process by which humans and other organisms produce magnetic fields — died July 21 in Florida after a struggle with cancer of the jaw and...
View ArticleGeorge Adelman, noted neuroscience editor, dies at 89
George Adelman, noted neuroscience editor, died June 26 due to complications of an injury after a fall. He was 89 years old.Adelman joined MIT in 1963 as the managing editor for the Neurosciences...
View ArticleSusanne Martin, longtime MIT staff member, dies at 68
Susanne Elizabeth Martin, who worked at MIT for 29 years, passed away peacefully at her home in Reading, Massachusetts, on August 14. She was 68.She was born to Jack Martin and Rose Ellen Plutchak...
View ArticleAbraham Bers, professor emeritus of electrical engineering, dies at 85
Abraham (Abe) Bers ScD ’59, professor emeritus of electrical engineering, died on Friday, Sept. 11 at the age of 85. Bers, who was recognized on campus for his trademark neatly squared bowties, was...
View ArticleFrank Urbanowski, director of MIT Press for 27 years, dies at 79
The MIT Press mourns the loss of Frank Urbanowski, who served as director of the press for an unprecedented 27 years, building it into one of the largest and most successful scholarly publishers in the...
View ArticleArnold Weinberg, former medical director at MIT Medical, dies at 85
Arnold Weinberg, medical director at MIT Medical from 1986 to 2000, died on Monday, Sept. 28 at his home in Rockport, Massachusetts. He was 85.Weinberg’s medical career spanned nearly 60 years. He...
View ArticleDavid Benney, emeritus professor of mathematics, dies at 85
David J. Benney, professor emeritus of applied mathematics at MIT and former head of the Department of Mathematics, died on Oct. 9 after a period of declining health. He was 85.Benney joined the MIT...
View ArticleWilliam Siebert, professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer...
Professor Emeritus William M. Siebert passed away Sunday, Oct. 25, at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, at the age of 89. Siebert, the Ford Professor of Engineering emeritus, was widely known...
View ArticleDonald Stidsen, exhibitions manager at MIT Museum, dies at 63
Donald Stidsen, the longtime exhibitions manager at the MIT Museum, died last Wednesday, Oct. 28, while driving to work with his wife, Kate McHugh."Don was valued for his expertise in lighting, color,...
View ArticleAlan Davison, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 79
Professor Emeritus Alan Davison, a fellow of the Royal Society who elevated the art of inorganic chemical synthesis in his laboratories at MIT for more than four decades, died Saturday, Nov. 14, at the...
View ArticleSean Perry, technical associate at the Picower Institute, dies at age 39
Sean Perry, a technical associate at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, died suddenly in his hometown of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, on Monday, Nov. 23. He was 39.For over 15 years, Perry...
View ArticleProfessor Stanford Anderson dies at 81
Stanford Anderson, professor of history and architecture and a former head of the Department of Architecture died on Jan. 5. He was 81.One of the country’s leading architectural historians, Anderson...
View ArticleMarvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88
Marvin Minsky, a mathematician, computer scientist, and pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, died at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Sunday, Jan. 24, of a cerebral hemorrhage. He...
View ArticleJohn Wyatt, longtime MIT professor and cofounder of Boston Retinal Implant...
John Wyatt ’68, who served as a professor of electrical engineering for 36 years, passed away at home in the company of his family on Wednesday, Feb. 3. He was 69.Wyatt was a devoted researcher who...
View ArticleFrank Perkins, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering,...
Frank E. Perkins, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering and former associate provost and dean for graduate education at MIT, died March 5 at age 82 following a long struggle with...
View ArticleProminent MIT economist and dean Lester Thurow dies at 77
The influential MIT economist and public intellectual Lester Thurow, whose work addressed the many consequences of an increasingly global economy, died on Friday at his home in Westport, Massachusetts....
View ArticleKoichi Masubuchi, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 92
Koichi Masubuchi, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, passed away on April 1 at the age of 92 in Concord, Massachusetts. Masubuchi was a leading expert in welding science and fabrication...
View ArticleSergeant John Carr, 25-year MIT Police veteran, dies at 52
Sergeant John Carr of the MIT Police, who began his quarter-century career serving MIT in September 1991, died Sunday, May 22, at Salem Hospital, following a long struggle with cancer. He was 52.For...
View ArticleProfessor Emerita Suzanne Corkin dies at 79
Suzanne Hammond Corkin, professor of neuroscience emerita in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, died of liver cancer on May 24. She was 79.To the end of her life, Corkin retained...
View ArticleWillem Malkus, professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 92
Willem Van Rensselaer Malkus, emeritus professor of mathematics at MIT, died in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Saturday May 28, at the age of 92. He was a professor of applied mathematics at MIT from 1969...
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