Kenneth Stevens, professor emeritus in EECS, dies at 89
Kenneth Stevens, the Clarence J. LeBel Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, whose pioneering work at the intersection of engineering and linguistics helped earn him...
View ArticlePeter Reich, former chief of psychiatry at MIT Medical, dies at 82
Peter Reich, MIT Medical’s chief of psychiatry from 1989 to 2002, passed away in New York’s Adirondack Mountains on Aug. 11 after a battle with leukemia. He was 82.Reich graduated from Harvard Medical...
View ArticleRobert E. Ogilvie, DMSE professor emeritus, dies at 89
Robert E. Ogilvie, professor emeritus of metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, passed away after brief illness on Sept. 3. He was 89.Ogilvie’s academic foundation in...
View ArticleAnn Wolpert, director of libraries, has died at 70
Ann Wolpert, MIT’s director of libraries since 1996, has died after a brief illness. She was 70 years old.Wolpert was a pioneer in digital stewardship, bringing to the MIT community a deep...
View ArticleSemiconductor research pioneer Peter Wolff dies at 89
Peter A. Wolff, professor emeritus of physics, a semiconductor research pioneer, visionary science administrator and an indispensable guide for MIT physicists seeking careers in industry, died on Sept....
View ArticleLincoln Palmer Bloomfield, professor emeritus of political science, dies at 93
Professor emeritus of political science Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield died Oct. 30 of respiratory failure. He was 93. Bloomfield was a public servant, educator, and author. He was noted for his work on...
View ArticleStephen H. Crandall, professor emeritus in MechE, dies at 92
Stephen H. Crandall, the Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus at MIT, a pioneer in random vibrations and rotordynamics, and a leader in transforming mechanics into an engineering science, passed away...
View ArticleTheodore Madden, EAPS professor emeritus, dies at 88
Theodore Madden, or “Ted,” an MIT alumnus and professor emeritus in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) whose contributions to research and teaching influenced a...
View ArticleBiologist Boris Magasanik dies at 94
Boris Magasanik, the Jacques Monod Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, passed away on Dec. 25 at his home in Cambridge. He was 94. Magasanik was recruited by Salvador Luria to join MIT’s Department of...
View ArticleElizabeth Johnson, widow of former MIT president Howard Johnson, dies at 92
Elizabeth “Betty” Weed Johnson, the widow of former MIT president Howard W. Johnson, died Sunday, Jan. 5. She was 92. The Johnsons joined the MIT community in 1955, when Howard Johnson took a job on...
View ArticleMemorial service for Audrey Dobek-Bell to be held Jan. 16
A celebration of the life of Audrey Dobek-Bell will be held on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 3 p.m. at the MIT Chapel. All are invited to join Dobek-Bell’s family and MIT friends for the service and the...
View ArticleJames K. Roberge, professor of electrical engineering, dies at 75
James K. Roberge, a professor of electrical engineering and a member of the MIT faculty since 1967, died Friday, Jan. 10, at age 75. Roberge continued teaching in the Department of Electrical...
View ArticleRobert Alberty, professor emeritus of chemistry and former dean of science,...
Robert A. Alberty, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and former dean of MIT’s School of Science — whose seminal contributions to the thermodynamics and kinetics of biochemical reactions...
View ArticleWayne Andersen, pioneer in visual arts at MIT, dies at 85
Wayne Vesti Andersen, a professor emeritus of history, theory and criticism of art and architecture at MIT, died Jan. 6 at Massachusetts General Hospital at age 85. Andersen was a scholar, author,...
View ArticleHoward Brenner, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, passes away at 84
Howard Brenner, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, passed away on Monday, Feb. 17. He was 84. Brenner’s extraordinary and accomplished academic career spanned over 60 years. He was co-author...
View ArticleBruce Graber, Alumni Association IT expert, dies at 51
Bruce E. Graber II of Cambridge, a senior project manager at the MIT Alumni Association, died of complications from cancer on Feb. 22 at the age of 51. Graber, who grew up in Maine, is survived by his...
View ArticleMIT community mourns the loss of graduate student Hadi Kasab
Hadi Kasab, 23, a second-year graduate student in MIT’s program in Computation for Design and Optimization, was found deceased last evening in his room in Sidney Pacific. Kasab was a native of Saida,...
View ArticleLetter to MIT community regarding death of graduate student Hadi Kasab
The following email was sent this afternoon to the MIT community by President L. Rafael Reif.To the members of the MIT community: I share the sad news that a member of our community, Hadi Kasab, a...
View ArticlePatrick McGovern, founder of McGovern Institute for Brain Research, dies at 76
Patrick J. McGovern ’59, a longstanding MIT supporter who made the gift that launched MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research, died March 19 at the age of 76. As an MIT undergraduate, McGovern...
View ArticleFamily and friends recall graduate student Hadi Kasab
When Hadi Kasab was a boy in Lebanon, he went through a phase of carrying a small briefcase to school.“He already knew that he wanted to be an engineer,” Kasab’s younger sister, Jana, recalls — and the...
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