Topic
Obituaries
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MIT community mourns the loss of Sloan graduate student Heng ‘Nikita’ Guo
President Reif urges members of the community to support one another.
October 30, 2012 -
Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94
Longtime faculty member guided MIT’s Bates Linear Accelerator from a groundbreaking idea to a globally renowned center for the study of nuclear structure and reactions.
October 9, 2012 -
Leonard Lerman, former senior lecturer at MIT, dies at 87
September 28, 2012 -
Leonard A. Gould, EECS emeritus professor, dies at 85
Joined MIT faculty in 1953; studied control problems and dynamic modeling.
September 13, 2012 -
Jay K. Lucker, former director of the MIT Libraries, dies at 82
Longtime library director remembered as a mentor and consultant.
September 5, 2012 -
Benson Rowell Snyder, former psychiatrist-in-chief at MIT, dies at 89
September 5, 2012 -
Melvin H. Rodman, former medical director at MIT Medical, dies at 90
As medical director, Rodman shaped MIT Medical into its present form, most notably in leading its 1982 move from Building 11 to its current home in Building E23.
September 4, 2012 -
Angus MacDonald, longtime MIT Corporation member, dies at 86
Alumnus’ wide-ranging MIT interests included neuroscience, aeronautics, political science and the arts and humanities.
July 9, 2012 -
Professor emeritus Elias P. Gyftopoulos dies at 84
Longtime faculty member in nuclear and mechanical engineering was among the foremost thermodynamicists of his time.
June 27, 2012 -
George Gardner, longtime MIT Corporation member, dies at 94
May 31, 2012 -
George Koster, physics professor emeritus, dies at 85
May 21, 2012 -
William F. Brace, professor emeritus in EAPS, dies at 86
Geologist helped develop systematic descriptions of key physical properties of rocks.
May 8, 2012 -
Yaron Segal dies while in custody in Colorado
Postdoc worked in Photovoltaics Research Laboratory
April 19, 2012 -
Lois Craig, former associate dean in the School of Architecture + Planning, dies at 82
A trusted and valued adviser and colleague
April 19, 2012 -
Development economist Alice Amsden dies at 68
MIT professor was a prolific scholar who wrote extensively about industrialization in emerging economies.
March 16, 2012 -
Louis S. Osborne PhD ’50, longtime MIT physicist, dies at 88
Developed many of the experimental techniques that are now standard practice in high-energy physics
March 5, 2012 -
Robert Whitman, longtime CEE professor, dies at 84
World-renowned geotechnical engineer and earthquake expert worked at MIT for more than 40 years.
March 1, 2012 -
‘A young man who was so spectacularly gifted’
Family and friends recall MIT junior Brian G. Anderson.
February 29, 2012 -
MIT community mourns the death of junior Brian G. Anderson
An investigation is under way.
February 20, 2012 -
Historian of science Charles Weiner dies at 80
Longtime faculty member was a pre-eminent analyst of the political, social and ethical dimensions of contemporary science.
February 1, 2012