Obituary

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Paul Mendes-Flohr, preeminent scholar of modern Jewish thought, 1941-2024

Nov 6, 2024

Howard Aronson

Howard Aronson, advocate for study of Slavic and non-Slavic languages, 1936‒2024

Nov 1, 2024

Ralph A Austen

Ralph A. Austen, historian of Africa and a ‘scholar’s scholar,’ 1937-2024

Sep 16, 2024

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Gene Mazenko, UChicago physicist and leading theorist in statistical mechanics, 1945–2024

Aug 19, 2024

McKim Marriott

McKim Marriott, world-renowned scholar of India and caste, 1924-2024

Jul 25, 2024

George Bakris

George Bakris, internationally recognized hypertension expert, 1952-2024

Jul 22, 2024

Lewis ‘Alan’ Longino

Lewis ‘Alan’ Longino, UChicago graduate student and scholar of postwar Japanese art, 1987‒2024

Jul 18, 2024

George Haley

George Haley, acclaimed critic of the Golden Age of Spanish literature, 1927‒2024

Jul 2, 2024

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David B. Rowley, geologist who overturned conventional wisdom about Earth’s surface evolution, 1954–2024

Jun 21, 2024

W. Ralph Johnson

W. Ralph Johnson, pre-eminent UChicago critic of Latin poetry, 1933‒2024

May 10, 2024