Austin Petzke, former manager of Building Services at MIT, dies at age 67
A leader in operations at the Institute for more than 30 years, he considered his custodial staff the eyes and ears of the Institute.
MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Eli Shapiro dies at 94
The school’s first associate dean, he helped guide MIT Sloan in the years after its founding.
Omar Khalidi, longtime MIT research librarian, dies at age 57
He worked at the MIT Libraries from 1983 until recently.
Aerospace engineer Joseph Gavin ‘41, SM ‘42 dies at 90
Former president of Grumman Aircraft led Lunar Module development for NASA, aided in the rescue of Apollo 13
Robert J. Butler, former design research engineer at MIT, dies at 89
An MIT engineer for 25 years, he helped design instruments for NASA’s Voyager spacecraft.
Retired MIT accountant Robert Noel Clark dies at 74
He helped build many of MIT’s accounting systems during more than 35 years at the Institute.
Scientist-astronaut and former MIT professor William B. Lenoir dies at 71
An MIT junior faculty member in the 1960s, he later flew on the space shuttle and became a NASA associate administrator.
Roger W. Sudbury, former executive officer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, dies at age 72
A leader in microwave solid-state electronics for radar, he worked at the Laboratory for 41 years and became a trusted adviser and mentor to many.
James Keck, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies at 86
Worked on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos
George J. Devlin Jr., an MIT power plant maintenance mechanic, dies at 50
Had worked at the Cogeneration Plant for five years
Charles Freed, pioneer of laser technologies, dies at age 84
A Russian prison camp survivor, he worked at Lincoln Lab for 32 years and designed and built many laser systems still in use today.