Klaus Biemann, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 89
Chemistry Professor Emeritus Klaus Biemann passed away peacefully on June 2 after a short illness. He was 89.Born in Innsbruck, Austria, in 1926, Biemann studied chemistry at the University of...
View ArticleGeorge W. Rathjens, professor emeritus of political science, dies at 90
George W. Rathjens, a professor emeritus of political science at MIT, died May 27 at age 90.Trained as a chemist, Rathjens received his BS from Yale University and completed his PhD at the University...
View ArticleArthur Freeman, first associate director of National Magnet Laboratory, dies...
Arthur Freeman ’52 PhD ’56, the first associate director of MIT’s National Magnet Laboratory (NML), passed away on June 7, at the age of 86.Born in Lublin, Poland, in 1930, Freeman arrived in the...
View ArticleRobert Fano, computing pioneer and founder of CSAIL, dies at 98
Robert “Bob” Fano, a professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) whose work helped usher in the personal computing age, died in Naples, Florida on July...
View ArticleJudith Tendler, professor emerita in urban studies and planning, dies at 77
Judith Tendler, professor emerita in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), passed away on July 24 at the age of 77.Tendler was a development economist with an institutional bent....
View ArticleProfessor Emeritus Seymour Papert, pioneer of constructionist learning, dies...
Seymour Papert, whose ideas and inventions transformed how millions of children around the world create and learn, died Sunday at his home in East Blue Hill, Maine. He was 88. Papert’s career traversed...
View ArticleDean Alden Horn, former director of MIT Sea Grant College Program, dies at 95
Dean Alden Horn, a retired U.S. Navy captain, director of MIT Sea Grant College Program from 1976 to 1982, and MIT alumnus, passed away July 13 in North Carolina, where he had lived for the past 25...
View ArticleFamily and friends recall Drew Esquivel
At a memorial service for Drew Esquivel in California, a family friend described a photo that reflected the rising MIT senior’s joyful, adventurous spirit.Drew and his friends were jumping off some...
View ArticleKerson Huang, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88
MIT Professor Emeritus Kerson Huang, who was well known for his contributions to the field of statistical physics, passed away on Sept. 1 at the age of 88. He had recently been in hospice care at...
View ArticleProfessor Emeritus Ali Javan, inventor of the first gas laser, dies at 89
MIT Professor Emeritus Ali Javan, the institute's first Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics, who was a trailblazer in the fields of laser technology and quantum electronics, died of natural...
View ArticleProfessor Emeritus Whitman Richards dies at 84
Whitman Richards '53, PhD '65, professor emeritus of cognitive sciences and of media arts and sciences and principal investigator in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, died on...
View ArticleIra Dyer, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 91
Ira Dyer, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, died peacefully at his home on Oct. 9 at the age of 91.Dyer’s distinguished career, with a specialty in acoustics, spanned over six decades. His...
View ArticleSusan Lindquist, pioneering biologist and former director of Whitehead...
MIT Professor Susan Lee Lindquist, a member and former director of the Whitehead Institute, and one of the nation’s most lauded scientists, yesterday succumbed to cancer at age 67. Her nearly 40-year...
View ArticleD. Reid Weedon, MIT Corporation member and dedicated fundraiser, dies at 96
D. Reid Weedon Jr. ’41, MIT Corporation life member emeritus, global businessman, inspiring mentor, lifelong sailor and outdoorsman, and outstanding fundraiser for the institutions he loved, died at...
View ArticleStephen Connors, leading alternative energy researcher, dies at 58
Stephen R. Connors SM '89, director of the MIT Analysis Group for Regional Energy Alternatives (AGREA) and a leading alternative-energy researcher who helped bring solar and wind power into the...
View ArticleProfessor Emeritus Jay Forrester, digital computing and system dynamics...
Jay W. Forrester SM ’45, professor emeritus in the MIT Sloan School of Management, founder of the field of system dynamics, and a pioneer of digital computing, died Nov. 16. He was 98.Forrester’s time...
View ArticleArthur Kaledin, professor emeritus of history and American studies, dies at 86
Arthur D. Kaledin, professor emeritus of history and American studies, died on Saturday, Nov. 27, at the age of 86 at Massachusetts General Hospital, surrounded by family and close friends. Kaledin...
View ArticleProfessor Emeritus Bruce Mazlish, pioneer in the field of global history,...
Bruce Mazlish, a highly regarded historian who served as a professor of history at MIT for more than 50 years, died of natural causes on Nov. 27. He was 93 years old.A winner of the prestigious Toynbee...
View ArticleRichard Held, professor emeritus of brain and cognitive sciences, dies at 94
Richard M. Held, a professor emeritus and former head of MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences who spent a lifetime investigating the mechanisms of visual perception, died at home of...
View ArticleMariann Carnazzo, longtime MIT staff member, dies at 74
Longtime MIT employee Mariann (Marletta) Carnazzo of Somerville, Massachusetts, died on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the deRahm Hospice House in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was 74.Carnazzo worked at MIT for...
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