Prof. Roscoe Braham download Prof. Emeritus Roscoe Braham Jr., a noted expert in cloud precipitation physics who furthered weather research by combining the use of aircraft with ground-based instruments, died...Read more

Philip Gossett, an acclaimed musicologist and scholar of 19th-century Italian opera, died June 13 at his home in Hyde Park. He was 75. Gossett, the Robert W. Reneker Distinguished Service...Read more

Richard Baron, professor and former chairman of the Department of Radiology at the University of Chicago, died suddenly while playing tennis on May 4. He was 68 years old. One...Read more

David Rockefeller, PhD’40, a prominent philanthropist, banking executive and University trustee whose grandfather, John D. Rockefeller Sr., was the philanthropic founder of the University of Chicago, died on March 20...Read more

Prof. Emeritus Robert Gomer, a chemical physicist who pioneered techniques for studying molecules and taught at the University of Chicago for nearly a half-century, died Dec. 12 of complications related...Read more

Janellen Huttenlocher, a pioneer in the field of childhood development whose research explored how children acquire language, understand space and learn math, died Nov. 20 in Chicago. She was 84...Read more

Charles E. Bidwell, an influential sociologist and former chair of the Departments of Education and Sociology at the University of Chicago, died Nov. 6. He was 84. Bidwell, AB’50, AM’53,...Read more

Prof. Emeritus Isaac Abella, a popular teacher, cherished resident master and noted physicist who worked on the early development of lasers, died Oct. 23 in Chicago of complications related to...Read more

Former University of Chicago Law School Dean Phil C. Neal, an antitrust expert, litigator and law firm founder whose ability to cut through complexity earned him a reputation as a...Read more

Trustee Emeritus Barry F. Sullivan, MBA’57, a banking chief and former chair of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees, died Aug. 11 at the age of 85. Sullivan, who...Read more

Prof. Emeritus Menachem Brinker was known for his pioneering scholarship on philosophy and Hebrew literature as well as the relationships between philosophy, literature and society. The University’s first Henry Crown...Read more

Scholar remembered for groundbreaking research on particle physics and cosmic rays

Editor's note: A memorial service for Paul W. Friedrich will be held Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. in Bond Chapel Paul W. Friedrich, an anthropologist, linguist and poet whose sweeping...Read more

Arthur M. Sussman served in leadership roles at the University of Chicago for more than two decades, earning widespread admiration and respect as general counsel and vice president for administration...Read more

Gary Toback, professor of medicine and former interim section chief of nephrology, died July 20 when he was struck by a vehicle while jogging near his South Shore home. Toback,...Read more

A prominent business executive and philanthropist, Trustee Emeritus Wallace (Wally) W. Booth, AB’48, MBA’48, died at home in Los Angeles last month at age 93. Booth was the retired chairman...Read more

Prof. William H. McNeill, a pioneer in the field of world history and author of the seminal work The Rise of the West , died July 8. He was 98...Read more

Abner Mikva, one of the few Americans to serve in senior positions in all three branches of the federal government, passed away on July 4. He was 90. Mikva, JD’51,...Read more

Editor’s note: A memorial service for Alison Winter will be held Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel Alison Winter, a historian of science and medicine whose book...Read more

Jack W. Fuller set a standard of integrity and accomplishment for a generation of Chicago journalists, rising from his first junior job at the Chicago Tribune at age 16 to...Read more