Edith Ackermann, developmental psychologist and learning researcher, dies at 70
Edith Ackermann, who was a professor at the MIT Media Lab from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Dec. 24. She was 70.Swiss-born Ackermann earned all her degrees...
View ArticleOtto Harling, professor emeritus of nuclear engineering, dies at 85
Otto K. Harling, MIT professor emeritus in nuclear engineering and former director of the MIT Nuclear Reactor Lab (NRL) passed away on Dec. 18. He was 85 years old.Harling's field-defining...
View ArticleWalter Morrow, pioneering electrical engineer and former MIT Lincoln...
Walter E. Morrow, a pioneering electrical engineer and the director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory from April 1977 to June 1998, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 12, at his home in Weston, Massachusetts. He was...
View ArticleBertram Kostant, professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 88
Bertram Kostant, professor emeritus of mathematics at MIT, died at the Hebrew Senior Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale, Massachusetts, on Thursday, Feb. 2, at the age of 88.Kostant was a professor of...
View ArticleInstitute Professor Emerita Mildred Dresselhaus, a pioneer in the electronic...
Mildred S. Dresselhaus, a celebrated and beloved MIT professor whose research helped unlock the mysteries of carbon, the most fundamental of organic elements — earning her the nickname “queen of carbon...
View ArticleProfessor Stephen Ross, inventor of arbitrage pricing theory, dies at 73
MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Stephen Ross, inventor of the arbitrage pricing theory and a foundational member of the practice of modern finance, died Friday, March 3. He was 73.Ross, the...
View ArticleJames Mar, former AeroAstro department head and Air Force chief scientist,...
James W. Mar, a former head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro), and a chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force, passed away in Seattle, Washington, on March 4. He was 96.Known...
View ArticleErnesto Blanco, mechanical design professor and inventor of the...
Ernesto E. Blanco, a renown inventor, mechanical designer, and beloved former professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), passed away on March 21, in Murrieta, California. He was...
View ArticleMIT Corporation life member and biotech pioneer Henri Termeer dies at 71
MIT Corporation life member and biotechnology pioneer Henri A. Termeer, who led the iconic Genzyme Corporation for nearly three decades, with a strong focus on combating rare diseases, died on Friday...
View ArticleT.W. “Bill” Lambe, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering,...
T. William “Bill” Lambe, professor emeritus in civil and environmental engineering, passed away on March 6. He was 96 years old.Lambe SM ’44 PhD ’48 arrived at MIT to pursue graduate studies in civil...
View ArticleArthur Kerman, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88
Arthur K. Kerman, professor emeritus of physics and a distinguished international researcher in MIT’s Center for Theoretical Physics (CTP) and Laboratory for Nuclear Science, passed away May 11 at the...
View ArticleThomas McKrell, research scientist and mentor in nuclear science and...
Thomas J. McKrell, a research scientist in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), passed away on June 9 at the age of 47.An expert in materials behavior, especially corrosion of...
View ArticleRobert Lees, cardiologist and former MIT professor, dies at 82
Physician and former MIT faculty member Robert S. Lees died on Monday, June 5, at the age of 82, after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Lees had a long and distinguished career in academic...
View ArticleA.R. Gurney, acclaimed playwright, author, and longtime MIT professor, dies...
A.R. "Pete" Gurney Jr., an internationally acclaimed playwright and author who served on the MIT faculty for 36 years, died June 13 at his home in New York City. He was 86.The author of such well-known...
View ArticleCarl Garland, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 87
Carl W. Garland, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry, died Tuesday, July 11, at the age of 87.“Carl was an influential and outstanding scientist, mentor, educator, and colleague,” said...
View ArticleGene Brown, professor emeritus of biology, dies at 91
Gene M. Brown, MIT professor emeritus of biology, former department head, and former dean of the School of Science, passed away on Aug. 4 at the age of 91.“He was really the heart and soul of the...
View ArticleFormer MIT President Paul Gray dies at 85 after lifelong career of service...
Paul Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60, a devoted leader at MIT whose lifetime career at the Institute included turns as a student, professor, dean of engineering, associate provost, chancellor, president, and...
View ArticleStanislaw Olbert, professor emeritus of physics and a pioneering theorist of...
Stanislaw “Stan” Olbert PhD ’53, professor emeritus of physics and a distinguished researcher with MIT’s Space Plasma Group, died from a heart attack on Sept. 23. He was 94.Olbert fought with the...
View ArticleCelebrating the life of doctoral student and alumnus Michael B. Cohen
Michael B. Cohen ’14, SM ’16 had a deep love for mathematics and the theoretical foundations of computing — a love that was infectious, brilliant, and always shared with others. Cohen, a doctoral...
View ArticleRemembering and honoring the life of undergraduate Henoch Argaw
In the 3rd grade, Henoch Argaw began tutoring his fellow students at Southeast Christian Academy Elementary School in Colorado.“He told me and Sehin [his mother] that he was writing a math instruction...
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